Ruben Östlund’s Play is yet another fine piece of contemporary cinema to hail from Scandinavia, as this Swedish production further promotes the current golden age of cinema we’re witnessing from this European region. In what is an innovative study of bullying and immigration, Play is harrowingly true to life, making for a feature that is extremely difficult to watch at the best of times.
Based on real events, we follow a trio of young teenagers who are pursued by a group of older, troublemaking youths who have taken to mugging innocent children in the streets for their mobile phones. Using a psychological role reversal technique whereby they make the victim the culprit, implying that they had stolen the phone in the first place from their brother, one member of the gang is intelligently deployed – in this case Kevin (Kevin Vaz) – to play mediator, pretending to be on the side of the prey.
Based on real events, we follow a trio of young teenagers who are pursued by a group of older, troublemaking youths who have taken to mugging innocent children in the streets for their mobile phones. Using a psychological role reversal technique whereby they make the victim the culprit, implying that they had stolen the phone in the first place from their brother, one member of the gang is intelligently deployed – in this case Kevin (Kevin Vaz) – to play mediator, pretending to be on the side of the prey.
- 7/12/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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