Nina (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Maria Winther Olsen
	Actors: Marie Tourell Søderberg, Nikolaj Dencker Schmidt
	Country: DK
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 31.10.2018, CineStar5, NFDL2018, Danish with English subtitle
Synopsis: When the pregnant, aspiring author Nina (Søderberg) moves to a remote island with her boyfriend William (Schmidt), she soon finds herself isolated and lonely due to Williams heavy workload as a doctor. A chance encounter with the village priest, as well as the local myth about the mysterious 'Seal Woman', further complicate Nina's already troubled mind.
Review: The story is set in a village that is really isolated. You need a ferry to make anything and most of the villagers and William do so. It is set in a house that looks really isolated and abandoned. The cellar is an old workshop and looks abandoned since decades. The story is rhythmed by different steps, which may be real or her dream or her thoughts, bringing Nina in more isolation, more unspoken tensions with other villagers, with her boyfriend. The logic is very confusing and some scenes seem to be inconsistent, in which a character act or say something as in the reality and then as in her thoughts. This is very confusing.  The acting of Søderberg is brilliant as confused woman and then at the edge of nervous breakdown. It changes from her rather straight-forward secondary role in Itsi Bitsi. This actress is developing very well.  The nature of the Island Faeroe is one major presence in the movie. This is the major reason why Nina feels isolated. And every time we see outside scenes, it is either Nina with the drying clothes or Nina facing mountains or facing the creek to the Atlantic ocean. The complete landscape looks like a wall, a huge barrier and this enhances greatly the plot.
Rating: 4 /10