Having gained increasing recognition for her shorts, notably the Amanda-winning She-Pack , Ovesen now shows off her chops in her feature debut. Things get off to a flying start with a night on the town, as they hit both the clubs and the booze with youthful zest and little moderation. Carefree Alex gets jolly with the Polish lad while the more well-mannered Laura somehow makes it back to her quarters, waking up the next morning in a bit of a blur.
Right beside the bed, on the floor, lies a possible clue in the shape of a used condom⦠The rest is blank. You can still go home and be girlfriend material. The fact that her boyfriend Elias is about to pop down to Prague for an impromptu romantic weekend does complicate things. As the trip proceeds, Laura has her own inner journey to embark on, attempting to navigate the who, when, why and what of recent events, which have also awoken her awareness of some new and long-suppressed needs.
One looks forward to more work from this filmmaker, and certainly more acting from Wrede and Ingelman-Sundberg. The latter comes off like a young Jean Seberg for our own century, especially, and very fittingly, in some beautifully tender Paris scenes.
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