Armand

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Armand

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Released Nov 29, 2024

1h 56m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When defamed actress Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve) is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting after hours, she is presented with scathing allegations that trigger a tangled web of accusations between parents and faculty. As Elisabeth struggles to uncover the truth amid the empty school rooms and dark corridors, a chaotic fight for redemption arises where desire, madness and obsession prevail.

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Whenever Armand's ambitious structure threatens to collapse into its own rabbit hole, Renate Reinsve's outstanding performance holds everything together even as her character's composure falls apart.

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Ty Burr

Washington Post

It’s as a satiric bourgeois psychodrama that “Armand” works best and reveals its genetic heritage to the works of Bergman and Ullmann.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 14, 2025

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

It’s Tøndel’s directorial choices that elevate “Armand,” and also hinder it — he could edit down some of the more outré ideas he plays with here.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 14, 2025

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Save for those moments when it slips into fantasy, which I'm still struggling with, it is quite masterful

Feb 11, 2025

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Michael Nordine

Movie Brief

You’ll wonder whether Tøndel watched Persona too many times (relatable) and tried too hard to add his own ingredients to the family recipe.

May 16, 2025

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Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

...the narrative is impeccable, and the creation of suspense and a closed-in atmosphere recalls a notable recent film, The Teachers' Lounge (2023) by Turkish-German director Ilker Catak. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 28, 2025

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

Armand is at its best when it serves as a showcase for its quartet of talented lead actors, and at its worst when it tries to do anything more complicated than let them run the show

Mar 21, 2025

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Hmm999

Too long, unexplained, inserted fantasy sequences that didn't work - movie is like a 2 hour fever dream

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/25

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AT

Interesting, original, engrossing and off-the-beaten-path.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Norm V.

Still very confused about the ending. Cannot even imagine an ending.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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John C

It's better not to know anything about it ahead of time in my opinion. The trailer doesn't give anything important away, and it's a deeply complicated film that I found definitely worth struggling with. It had me engaged for every incredible moment. I just loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Shannon P

Very interesting movie, about a Swedish school's interactions with the parents of two young students following a parental allegation of sexual abuse of one child by the other. (The movie is in Swedish with subtitles, by the way.) The different teachers and administrators have various ideas and comments about the complaint the movie focuses on the parents.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/25

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Ghederick Eshmont

Compelling & thought-provoking film…loses a bit in the surreal performance art in the final third

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Synopsis

When defamed actress Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve) is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting after hours, she is presented with scathing allegations that trigger a tangled web of accusations between parents and faculty. As Elisabeth struggles to uncover the truth amid the empty school rooms and dark corridors, a chaotic fight for redemption arises where desire, madness and obsession prevail.

Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Producer: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Screenwriter: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Film i Väst, Eye Eye Pictures, Keplerfilm
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual Material)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 29, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $108.5K
Runtime: 1h 56m

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