Nightborn blends Finnish myth and Cronenbergian horror in Berlinale spotlight
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.