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An original, surprising and highly creative coming to terms with ethnic traumas in a small, extraordinarily intelligent genre flick set in a secluded “reform school”, from which you would expect anything but that. In terms of filmmaking craft, Boarding School is impressive from the opening moments, as it develops and examines the characters in their unconventional nature, taking delight in their psychologically electrifying, innocent and treacherous interactions. The film ambushes viewers with unexpected twists at the right time and in the right places. A remarkable, fragile yet morbid, and endearingly weird film. The only one of its kind.

A promising upgrade of the haunted house with its nooks, props and mystery, situated underwater, where it is explored by a couple of divers in scenes similar to those seen in versions of the same subject set on dry land, but with an underwater drone camera and a dwindling supply of oxygen. The filmmakers are unable to apply any inventiveness to overcome the awkwardness of the film’s concept, which makes you wonder, “What could possibly harm them if there are no fantasy monsters involved? A water spirit?”, and the more they try to push the horror angle, the more ridiculous the film becomes. Moronic behaviour of the characters, spastic scene continuity and scares that aren’t scary, all in a movie that must have been a lot of work to make.

Este thriller, cortado de forma caótica en escenas dramáticas y con un enlace confuso y contradictorio, pretende funcionar sofisticadamente en múltiples niveles de la trama. Maria Bello y Sean Bean lo mantienen a flote con su presencia y la atmósfera del lugar. Si te gustan los misteriosos dramas de horror, el viento fuerte y las olas de las islas del norte, las oscuras leyendas folklóricas y la debilidad por uno de los protagonistas como yo por Maria, no te aburrirás y perdonarás los tropiezos de la película con un guiño.