Disco

Name: Disco
Genre: Drama
Released: December 1, 2020
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Andreas Preus Efskin, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Fredericke Rustad Hellerud

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1091 Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): December 1, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Andreas Preus Efskin, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Fredericke Rustad Hellerud, Jean Superbanan Andersen, Josefine Frida Pettersen, Kjærsti Odden Skjeldal, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Øyvind Gulli

Summary: 19-year-old Mirjam is a champion in disco freestyle dancer and the stepdaughter of a charismatic evangelical pastor. As she starts to question her family and faith, she is lured by a highly conservative Christian sect.

Director: Jorunn Myklebust Syversen

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Lee Marshall

Dec 1, 2020

It’s the empathy Syversen and her lead actress evoke for a free spirit battered into submission that is this tough little film’s greatest achievement. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Jan 5, 2021

Disco is about how toxicity seeps into everything from masculinity to religion to parenting and, yes, even dancing. It’s as beautiful and heartbreaking as watching a dancer pirouette into an abyss. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Dec 1, 2020

The canvas may be strewn with glitter and glory, but beneath the surface Syversen provides a chilling look at how religion can be used to ignore deeper personal traumas, convincing youngsters to turn to god when they should perhaps be turning to therapy or something more probing. Read full review

The Film Stage C.J. Prince

Dec 1, 2020

We’re ultimately left with a sense of formal stillness and relief brought about by the conservative spiritualism that feels strangely vague and unearned. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

By the time it is over, Disco has crossed the line that separates being productively ambiguous from being simply cryptic. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Dec 1, 2020

Though blessed with a strong lead performance by Pettersen, “Disco” is quick to knock the empty spectacle that undoubtedly accounts for significant portions of contemporary Christianity without entertaining the notion that, for some, faith does hold real value in their lives. It’s not particularly challenging to make a punching bag out of any organized religion, but it takes a far more clever piece of filmmaking to acknowledge its shortcomings and benefits while still maintaining a critical tone. Unfortunately, Disco isn’t that picture. Read full review

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