The Charmer

Name: The Charmer
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: December 5, 2018
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Amalie Lindegård, Ardalan Esmaili, Austa Lea Jespersen, Boie Kratfeldt, Elmira Arikan

2018

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Film Movement | Release Date: December 5, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Amalie Lindegård, Ardalan Esmaili, Austa Lea Jespersen, Boie Kratfeldt, Elmira Arikan, Hassan El Sayed, Lars Brygmann, Soho Rezanejad, Stine Fischer Christensen, Susan Taslimi

Summary: Esmail is a young Iranian man who is desperately looking to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time is running out he falls in love with one woman as another woman's husband sets out for revenge.

Director: Milad Alami

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Wesley Morris

Dec 4, 2018

It’s impressive that Alami can put all this across — romance, suspense and, in the moving final act, a kind of tragedy — and maintain the movie’s nimbleness. But he’s a natural storyteller. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Dec 5, 2018

A sharply crafted drama that has elements of noirish suspense, the Danish-Swedish coproduction, which is distinguished by exceptionally fine performances by its three leading actors, offers an incisive, penetrating look at the psychological disorientation and dilemmas of people caught between cultures. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Dec 4, 2018

Alami and Ingeborg Topsøe’s finely whittled screenplay plays its revelations patiently, putting a lot of early trust in their leading man’s powers of silent implication and the serene foreboding of Sophia Olsson’s charcoal-streaked cinematography. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Dec 4, 2018

On the surface it is indeed a gentle, well-mannered and elegant affair, but its caustic undertow, which becomes increasingly apparent, ends up making the viewer angry about a world that seems hell-bent on finding divisions where there need be none. Read full review

Mark Adams

Dec 4, 2018

Ardalan Esmaili and Soho Rezanejad give the film a real sense of compassion and depth, with their scenes together brimming with depth and a sense of shared history. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Dec 4, 2018

Director and co-writer Milad Alami's film feels like several fused-together trial drafts of the same narrative. Read full review

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