Speak No Evil

2022 1h 38m DA

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★6.6TMDB · 1,188

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A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Morten Burian
Bjørn
Sidsel Siem Koch
Louise
Fedja van Huêt
Patrick
Karina Smulders
Karin
Liva Forsberg
Agnes
Marius Damslev
Abel
Hichem Yacoubi
Muhajid
Lea Baastrup Rønne
Fie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christian Tafdrup
Writers: Mads Tafdrup, Christian Tafdrup
Languages: Danish, Dutch, English
Countries: Denmark, Netherlands

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 20% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Danish, Dutch, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Netherlands.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christian Tafdrup, shot by Erik Molberg Hansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sune Kølster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicolaj Monberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christian Tafdrup directs. Erik Molberg Hansen behind the camera. Sune Kølster scores. Nicolaj Monberg cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Denmark, Netherlands. Dialogue in Danish, Dutch, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 20% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Danish, Dutch, English.
5International production across 2 countries: Denmark, Netherlands.
6Directed by Christian Tafdrup, shot by Erik Molberg Hansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Sune Kølster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Nicolaj Monberg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Morten Burian and Sidsel Siem Koch and Fedja van Huêt carry the top of the cast.
10IMDB entry: tt14253846 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 19 themes, including "friendship", "husband wife relationship", "countryside", "denmark".

The technical file

Cinematography: Erik Molberg Hansen
Original score: Sune Kølster
Editing: Nicolaj Monberg
Production design: Sabine Hviid
Costume design: Louize Nissen
Makeup / hair: Marjolein Stehmann
VFX supervisor: Nina Lankveld
Sound: Marco Vermaas
Stunt coordinator: Simon Van Lammeren
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,200,000
Box office: $631,249
Return: 20% of budget
Original language: DA
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Speak No Evil (2022)

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Nathan2022-10-25
★ 7/10
Speak No Evil is an eerily realistic horror film that created incredible tension with the simplest interactions. Each incident escalates beyond comfortability leaving the family with the option of politeness or confrontation, with them choosing the former the entire movie. The scenes create a sense of awkwardness, where the audience is begging the family to remove themselves from the situation, but they remain. This is positive and a negative for the film. These choices the family make kept me engaged to see what happens next. But at the same time, it was incredibly frustrating to see baffling character choices be the vehicle for the plot. Despite that fact, the tension is built and remains throughout the runtime. Even though this movie had periods where it was quite slow, they never stayed for long without another problem being added to the list. I enjoyed it, but there are pacing problems that restricted me from being fulling ingulfed in the film. Score: 70% | Verdict: Good
Dean2023-03-20
★ 10/10
First of all, let me say that I don't rate movies based on happy ending or bad ending. I rate them by their impact. If movie had an impact on you, if it affected you, this means movie was strong and achieved its goal, doesn't matter if it's a positive or negative impact. And Based on my criteria, this movie is 10/10! This movie actually traumatized me. I have seen a lot of horror movies, but this one affected me a lot, because unlike those paranormal movies about demons, devil and etc, this one is realistic, which means this what happened in this movie, might be happening in real somewhere. And when we - viewers watch movies, we feel for main characters and what I felt for them in this movie was very big pain. It left me very angry and whole night I had last scenes in my mind when I was lying in bed, because I was imagining what if I was in their place... I won't give you a spoiler, but be warned, if you're sensitive person and if you decide to watch it, it will traumatize you. It's a masterpiece, but with a very sad and bad ending.