World War II has just ended after six years but its torment lingers. It is 1945 and we are on the coast of Denmark. What we are listening to is the sound of hate and it belongs to Carl Rasmussen (Roland Møller), a Danish sergeant. Like so much in this deeply unsettling film, the effect is rattling, claustrophobic, and rather punishing. SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: At first the screen is dark and all we hear is heavy breathing, the kind that suggests an animal lying in wait.
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