Låt den rätte komma in (2008)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Tomas Alfredson

Writers:

John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 October 2008 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

Plot:

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't...

Plot Keywords:

Suburb | Revenge | Girl | Blood | Fall In Love

Awards:

49 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Kåre Hedebrant	...	Oskar
Lina Leandersson	...	Eli
Per Ragnar	...	Håkan
Henrik Dahl	...	Erik
Karin Bergquist	...	Yvonne
Peter Carlberg	...	Lacke
Ika Nord	...	Virginia
Mikael Rahm	...	Jocke
Karl-Robert Lindgren	...	Gösta (as Karl Robert Lindgren)
Anders T. Peedu	...	Morgan (as Anders Peedu)
Pale Olofsson	...	Larry (as Paul Olofsson)
Cayetano Ruiz	...	Magister Avila
Patrik Rydmark	...	Conny
Johan Sömnes	...	Andreas
Mikael Erhardsson	...	Martin

Also Known As:

Let the Right One In (International: English title) (USA) (new title)
Ase to kako na bei (Greece) [el]
Déjame entrar (Spain) [es]
Deixa-me Entrar (Portugal) [pt]
Deixe Ela Entrar (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Engedj be! (Hungary) (festival title) [hu]
Gir kanima (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
La den rette komme inn (Norway) [no]
Lad den rette komme ind (Denmark) [da]
Lasciami entrare (Italy) [it]
Luba sisse see õige (Estonia) [et]
Morse (France) [fr]
Pozwól mi wejsc (Poland) [pl]
So finster die Nacht (Germany) [de]
Ystävät hämärän jälkeen (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for some bloody violence including disturbing images, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:16 | France:-12 | Mexico:B15 | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Blackeberg, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

EFTI

Trivia:

Several tricks were used to create the right sound effects for some of the gorier scenes. Biting into sausages was used to replicate biting into skin and flesh, and drinking yogurt was used to sound like drinking blood. The sound of the children blinking was made by the skin of a grape rubbing against each other in an almost 'blinking' motion.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Eli invites Oskar in her apartment, her image is reflected into the mirror on the wall. What a vampire should and should not do or be able to varies from story to story. It's established in the source novel that Eli does have a reflection, as it is how Oskar sees her for the very first time: through a reflection.

Quotes:

Eli: [standing outside the door] You have to invite me in.
Oskar: What happens if I don't?
Oskar: What happens if you walk in anyway?
Oskar: [feels the air between himself and Eli] Is there something in the way?

Movie Connections:

References Innocent Blood (1992)

Soundtrack:

Försonade

This film is the best vampire film in my life during 25 years in cinema world.

I saw it in Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 and love this movie very much.

It has something big and stunning about this lovely storyline to rivet my attention from the beginning to the end. Moreover, the cinematography and atmosphere in this film are undeniably superb. The chemistry between two preteen protagonists is outstanding and very believable. Everything in this film is well-made in synchronization.

This is the first film related to a vampire that I think is least connected to Vampire's teeth baring at audience all the times, like other familiar horror we used to see. Other than some gory scenes in this film, we can yet see some flesh and blood moment of humane Vampire. And that is truly written to the core plot.

The last scene at swimming pool is totally mesmerizing and mind-blowing.

By the way, if Sweden submits this movie to be in competition with other nominees around the world for Oscar foreign-language film category this year, this masterpiece should win or at least be short-listed for the final fives.

10 out of 10