Naboer (2005)

	Director: Pål Sletaune	COUNTRY Norway GENRE Thriller/Mystery INTERNATIONAL TITLE Next Door RUNNING TIME 75 minutes
	Producer: Turid Øversveen
	Screenwriter: Pål Sletaune

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
John	Kristoffer Joner	½
Anne	Cecilie A. Mosli	½
Kim	Julia Schacht	½
Ingrid	Anna Bache-Wiig
Åke	Michael Nyqvist

Review

One of the most talented Scandinavian directors of present, Pål Sletaune, returns with his third film after his award-winning feature debut Budbringeren (1997) and the follow-up Amatørene (2001). And this stylish new entry in his filmography called Naboer is a type of picture which probably will be either hated or loved. If you end up in the latter category, you'll probably be joined by Roman Polanski, because Sletaune borrows inspiration from Repulsion and The Tenant, plus a tad from Hitchcock along the way. This is a haunting, suspenseful and psychologically resonant mystery thriller. But what is more remarkable is its ability to feel relevant, which is something cinematic delves into the surreal can rarely bolster. Thematically, Naboer has some intense material to offer. It could easily have become messy, but it remains on top of its game and excels on balancing between the delicate and the repulsive. Julia Schacht (in her feature debut) is brilliant as the girl of forbidden fruit, and in the lead the talented and prolific Kristoffer Joner gives arguably the best performance of his career.