Earwig (Blu-ray)

WINNER – JURY SPECIAL PRIZE TO LUCILE HADŽIHALILOVI?

– SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BASED ON THE CULT NOVEL BY BRIAN CATLING

Every day, little Mia receives a set of teeth made of ice, fitted by her caretaker Albert. She spends her endless days in their damp house somewhere in a dilapidated post-war Europe. Someone calls regularly to make sure Mia is well. Life has a dull and predictable rhythm. Until the day Albert is instructed that Mia must be prepared for a long journey.

Double agents and timelines intersect in a hauntingly beautiful and ominous film by Lucile Hadžihalilovi?. The threat of violence is a constant, low-intensity rumble in the background. Based on Brian Catling's cult novel of the same title. Since her powerful debut with La bouche de Jean-Pierre, Hadžihalilovi? has explored the vulnerability of children in a world that is far from always having their best interests at heart. This found its strongest and most magical realistic expression in the sibling films Innocence and Evolution, both of which won prestigious awards at festivals around the world. Among these is a bronze award for best film and cinematography for Innocence at the 2004 Stockholm Film Festival. The films are available in a beautiful box set from Njutafilms and can also be viewed via streaming. — "Suggestive and beautiful" — Aftonbladet"Exquisite filmmaking with a touch of cruelty" – The Guardian

"A Kafkaesque fable" – Sight and Sound

"Takes the viewer to dark and dreamlike places” – Indiewire

”Unique and hypnotic" – Pop Matters

”Hadžihalilovi? has a unique expression” – Screen Daily

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