Taking place over the course of one night and the subsequent morning, Rodrigo Sorogoven's Stockholm is a piercing portrait of gender relations, capturing a "battle of the sexes" in a fascinating and unique way. the film is centered around El, a smooth, charming man, who becomes instantly infaturated with Elle, a beautiful woman, who he catches a glimpse of at a bar. Confident, El is persistent in his courtship of Elle but she is reluctant to give herself over to his charms. As the night progresses, Elle begins to fall for El, but when the morning arrives everything has changed. Featuring a stellar screenplay, much of Stockholm plays like an incredibly well thought out romantic comedy, think the Linklater's Before trilogy, with two characters expressing their emotions, feelings and desires for one and other. As the night fades away and the sun comes up Stockholm takes a dramatic shift, becoming a poignant study of gender dynamics, with both El and Elle having a very different perspective of their relationship. Stockholm is a film that deconstructs the differences in emotion centered around the notion of love, providing a fascinating psychological study of a man and a female who each share an attraction. This is not a film interested in picking a side between El and Elle, that is far from the point, Stockhold instead captures the psychological fragility that love and emotion can create. Being subtle in approach, Stockhold captures how Elle is a emotionally damaged individual, somewhat shattered due to her shortcomings at finding love. Rodrigo Sorogoven's Stockholm is a film that is best enjoyed knowing very little, being as much about thedestructive power of love as it's about differing gender dynamics.
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June 2023
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