Let the right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)

Ask me to talk about love, misplaced infant hearts, full of snow and sorrow, about that first kiss and loneliness. Ask me tell you about the suffering of children in broken families, those who do not find their place in the world and that are despised and harassed every day by some that surrounds them. About those days of light and ingenuity, of labor, of parks and go out for a walk, when the heart looked like it would break your chest and the name of the person that you loved was trapped between your lips. Ask me to tell you about impossible loves for the ones that you would do the unthinkable.

I will write about blood and creatures that burn in the sunlight. I will write about a story that goes on through silences that hit you and that it is beautiful like its photography and landscapes, but that is surrounded by death and darkness. I will tel you about lovers who talk in Morse code through the walls and, in the night, they run away by train accompanied by boxes.

I am talking about a film and its excellent development including an awesome end, how its echo still resounds within me, when the screen fades to black and one, full of emotion, does not know whether to laugh or cry.

I am telling you about Oskar and Eli, in the movie “Let the Right One In”, based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who also is in charge of the script. This Swedish film by Tomas Alfredson is incredibly hard and intense and presents a terrifying story but at the same time tender; dealing with the vampires theme but focused on the drama and intense feelings of two characters full of sorrow.

Two young emarginated lovers (or manipulative in the girl's case, depending on how you look at it), played magnificently by two children(Lina Leandersson and Kare Hedebrant), present to us, in a very natural and realistic way, emotions like loneliness, friendship, loyalty, love.... through their gestures, and incredible dialogues.

This film is full of unforgettable and shocking moments: tender like when they were communicating in Morse code; though and shocking ones like the continuous need for blood of the girl or the child's abuse; violent but bewitching as the  the one’s at the pool.

Let the Right One In is one of the best vampire movies ever made. A startling and poignant film, round, visually elegant and impeccable, perfectly narrated; a film whose only flaw, for some, could be its slow but necessary pace, that is consistent with the cold, desolate and unhealthy atmosphere of the film.

Director: Tomas Alfredson

Writers: John Ajvide Lindqvist (screenplay), John Ajvide Lindqvist (novel)

Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson and Per Ragnar