The ambiguous opening shot of 'Fjord,' explained

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Set us as preferred “We’re all hiding a little bit of our personality inside,” says director Cristian Mungiu of the characters in “Fjord,” a searing drama inspired by real Norwegian child welfare cases.“The film speaks about a limit of intimacy, after which you will need to make a choice not knowing precisely what happens.

This is why I wanted the film to start at the end of a conversation in which you don’t really know what kind of punishments exist in this family.” Lighting and shallow focus deepen the uncertainty of a mother (Renate Reinsve) comforting her daughter (Vanessa Ceban) and a father (Sebastian Stan) waiting to have his say: “You need to admit when you’re wrong.” “You see the role of a mother who tries to play this more empathic part, while the father is the one playing the role of the educator who imposes his rules,” Mungiu says.“This shot speaks about our way of storytelling and designing everything to be ambiguous enough about their relationship.

At the same time, this also speaks about a theme in the film: this idea that there isn’t anything like right and wrong and the truth.And we all believe that the truth belongs to us.

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