Nightborn blends Finnish myth and Cronenbergian horror in Berlinale spotlight
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Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla star in Nightborn, Hanna Bergholm’s Berlinale competition entry that fuses Finnish folklore with Cronenbergian body horror as a couple’s newborn appears increasingly monstrous; Haarla delivers the standout performance as Saga while the production design and atmosphere create a surreal, claustrophobic mood that balances metaphor and grisly spectacle in a 90-minute runtime.
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