Aberdeen

...Skarsgard is exceptional, subtly showing the pain and self-loathing beneath Tomas' alcoholic haze...Headey effectively conveys Kaisa's toughness and hostility as well as her emotional transformation.

Norwegian writer-director Hans Petter Moland shows the seething violence -physical, emotional, sexual- that lies constantly, perilously close to the surface of Tomas and Kaisa's relationship.