What kicks this off is the arrival of a new prisoner, Mikkel (Sebastian Bull).

Plot and character are put before spectacle in this effective heist movie.

What follows is tense, suspenseful psychological warfare between the two.

Sidse Babett Knudsen as Eva Hansen in Sons 2024

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Here, Moller offers no easy convictions.

Eva, as our protagonist, earns our favor immediately.

What Moller is doing here more than anything is tearing down the glory of revenge.

Sidse Babett Knudsen as Eva Hansen in Sons 2024

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The movie looks beyond the criminal and examines the ripple effect of one persons actions across their loved ones.

Its in her subtitles that we can track the breakdown of everything she stands for.

Matching this careful precision is Sebastian Bull as Mikkel.

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All these bigger ideas are compounded into a two-hander, with both players landing every volley.

Sonsscreened at this year’s Subtitle Film Festival.

Sidse Babett Knudsen as Eva Hansen and Sebastian Bull as Mikkel in Sons 2024

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