Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 76 wins & 58 nominations total
- Andreas
- (as Johan Sömnes)
- Sjukhusreceptionist
- (as Malin Cederbladh)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeveral 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 grapes rubbing together in an almost "blinking" motion.
- Goofs(at around 1h 8 mins) When Eli tells Oskar to go after she licks his blood off the floor, her appearance changes in one shot. This was intentional - Eli is actually portrayed by an older actress in that scene, and also briefly in the later scene where Eli counsels Oskar to be like her when dealing with his bullies. In both scenes she is covered in blood, and the older actress was swapped in to give us a glimpse of who Eli really is: much older than she appears, and driven by a monstrous hunger.
- Quotes
Oskar: Eli... Can you and I be together?
Eli: What do you mean?
Oskar: Well... Will you be my girlfriend?
Eli: Oskar... I'm not a girl.
Oskar: You're not?
[pause]
Oskar: Can we be together?
Eli: Can't we just be how we are?
Oskar: I guess...
Eli: Do you do something special if you're "together"?
Oskar: No.
Eli: We stay just as we were?
Oskar: Yes.
Eli: Then I agree...
Oskar: What?
Eli: We can be "together".
Oskar: Really?
Eli: [Whispers] Yes.
Oskar: Good.
Having said that, I'd also agree with what's been said (e.g. above) that the music is a bit over the top. The movie itself is a study in the small: tiny nuances in the classroom and schoolyard, the almost forgotten suburb, the hiding qualities of snow, ice and winter (not to mention the, at least partly, neglected kids). To score such small details with grand strings makes for a bit of a mismatch. Enough on that, some parts have only piano and those work perfectly.
Witout spoiling anything it's safe to say that this first and foremost is a story of friendship. Second, it's a story of revenge. Either way, this is a truly original tale and in many parts a beautiful piece of cinema. Original (and sometimes quite gory) still even the violence seems subdued (at least in comparison to the vampire genre as it has evolved from subtle romance flick to full blown war movie). This movie, however, is about loneliness, friendship and loyalty --- and it's really worth watching. Recommended.
- jacobsteel
- Feb 4, 2008
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Criatura de la noche
- Filming locations
- Örnäset, Luleå, Norrbottens län, Sweden(the apartments)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,122,065
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $49,295
- Oct 26, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $11,227,336
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1