
EwanMcGregorimpressesinNiclasLarsson'sstar-studdedpsychologicalindiedramabasedonJerkerVirdborg'snovellaaaa Threesiblingsconvergeinafurniturestoreinthemiddleofnowhere.Here,theirmother,portrayedbyEllenBurstyn,hasbarricadedherselfonacouch.David(McGregor)doeshisbesttodiplomaticallytrytoresolvethesituation,buttheothersiblings(RhysIfans,LauraFlynnBoyle)seemtotakethesituationwithfrustratingnonchalance.Andwhilethemother'sstationarypositiononthecouchbringsforthNorenesquefamilyconflictstothesurface,thefurniturestoreappearsincreasinglylabyrinthine,andDavidischasedthroughanever-endingKubrickiannightmarewithadesperatelookinhiseyes.SwedishdirectorNiclasLarsson(Vatten,GFF2013)returnstoGothenburgafteraperiodininternationaladvertisingwithachargedpsychologicaldramathatnotonlyimpresseswithitsstar-studdedcast.
