When Darkness Falls (2006)

Fresh and Exciting

Best movie ever!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Therese inter-weening dramatic stories from the darkest side of Sweden makes out to be an interesting film, and maybe the best Swedish film I've ever seen.The film is about love, jealousy and violence, and strong persons. Strong persons, and the dangerous ones which they fight.We meet a female journalist who is married to a violent jealous husband, a young girl of which the family is ready to punish her by honor killing, and a night club owner which falls into serious trouble with a gang of criminals, which is threatening him to keep silent with what he has seen.All the three stories are equally interesting, and the film is built up with cliffhangers. Each of the stories are good enough to be films on their own. While the film follows the three stories, we wonder what the connection between them is. You'll get the answer.Exciting, well directed, well played and driven with our need to know how it all turns out. Well done!

Recap: Three separate stories are intertwined and tell a dark tale about three separate events that have one thing in common. They all constitute three major problems in society today. One about a threatened daughter when her parents accuse here of violating their honor (Swedish: hedersvåld), one about organized crime and threatened witnesses and the third about a successful but at home abused woman. Each and every story starts with a bright moment, a party, a celebration of some sort but then tells what might lurk beneath the surface when darkness falls.Comments: A very strong and important movie. Not a movie to feel good about, but a movie that really moved me, touched me and conveyed feelings. And when the intent is too bring light where darkness reign that is a very good sign. This movie tells three very important stories in a honest and brutal way and it is hard not to listen. Very good.The movie is over two hours long, but never dull. This is due to the three separate stories that are randomly intertwined. There is suspense in that you never know which story will come next and what will happen, and what will happen in the particular story you just saw. The cuts are also very good, switching on something both stories have in common which can be something minor as a bump in the road.Also I think this movies success is due to its ambitions. It intends to focus on these questions, shed some light on them. And it is happy when it does. It does not intend to be a comedy too, or be a spectacular movie with lots of effects. It does not intend to analyze the characters bad childhoods or something like that. It has its ambitions, the three stories, and never sways it focus. A lesson to learn for many Swedish filmmakers that often try to do a hilarious comedy about a extremely sad story like unemployment or loneliness and at the same time analyze why the society is like it is. Focus on one thing. This movie did, it just wanted to shed light on three problems. And it did. Brilliantly.8/10

I just finished this movie, and I just have to say one word, Wow! I have never in my life been so touched by a movie before.Meet a story who combines three families problems into one, and follow their path through a dark time, a time who takes place in our society. Is the path so lined with mortality that it only can lead to one possible goal, death, or will we see a happy ending?"När mörkret faller" (english translation "When darkness falls") brings up a lot of questions concerning the Swedish law system, how it fails to help those who really needs to be taken seriously. Domestic abuse, honor killing, assault and death threats are just some of the main topics of the movie. They are all hot topics and worth a great discussion, and I really hope that this movie will start one.The director has successfully created a mind blowing storyline, which keeps you nailed at the TV-screen, the cut scenes are just in perfect balance and has the right transition. It also contains many hidden messages and ethics, and behind all that cruel and disturbing violence and darkness, you can eventually spot a little light......it's time for some changes in our society.

När mörkret faller (When darkness falls) is disturbing, indeed it made me cringe several times, but I must recommend it to everyone. The issues of domestic violence, "honour related violence" and indeed the distortion of justice are far more commonplace than any of us would like to admit. Therefore this film serves a purpose well beyond entertainment.It is also a very well made film, offering some realistic and gripping characters, played to perfection by a very strong cast mixing old and new talent. But one must single out the young newcomer, Oldoz Javidi (Leyla), for special praise. She was great.The writers and writer/director Anders Nilsson also manages to stay away from the most blatant of stereotypes, and this is one of the key reasons why this film manages to hit home the message that many people live in fear but for many different reasons. All credit also to the way the film so easily slips in and out of the three different story lines without loosing the viewers - even though it offers almost too much information. But it still lands on the right side of the fence so go see it.