Rotterdam @ Bam: R; Directors Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm

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This week, BAM is partnering with the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam to present to American audiences the winners of IFFR’S Tiger competition (given to first- or second-time filmmakers).

Here is my review of R, a gritty prison drama from Denmark. Subjectively told from the perspective of a new inmate in Denmark’s notorious Horsens State Prison, R is powerful, terrifying, and brutal. Great lead performance by the young Dane Pilou Asbaek. Relentless examination of the divide in Denmark between Arabs and Danes. Potential blockbuster.

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