41/31
Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries with his best friend in elementary school. Norway's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025. Norwegian films generally have a low international classification standard. , but here we have a film that manages to reach even an exceptionally low Norwegian standard. This is a rare achievement indeed. For the most part, the film looks like it was made by first-year film students. These students set out to create an experimental film that had never been seen before, and they succeeded. However, they forgot a few things. Among other things, they forgot that even bad films usually have some tricks in the script to keep the audience glued to the end: some cliffhanger or other cinematic techniques. This film has none of that. It is simply exceptionally bad. It is also without a doubt the cheapest film ever made. The costs are limited to the actors, the camera, the lighting and sound personnel, and no one is technically overpowered in any scene. If you are strong enough to hold a camera and a microphone, you can make this movie. The movie takes place exclusively in the hallways and rooms of a school. They didn't even bother with the backdrops. This is a school, a county-run school, and they most likely lent it for free. The actors don't do a particularly bad job. But it's hard for actors to give bad performances - it takes an exceptionally bad director to make actors look bad. So, strictly speaking, it's not the actors' fault that the movie is terrible. However, since they agreed to play the roles, their appearance in the movie Armand will count as screen credits. It's not possible to give the movie a 0 rating, but if it were possible it would deserve 0 simply because it doesn't deserve 1. By the way, this is Norway's contribution to this year's Oscars. The Norwegian Oscar committee has decided that this is the best film made in Norway this year. How they came to this conclusion is a mystery considering there have been quite a few bad Norwegian films made this year, but Armand is the worst. There are many bad Norwegian films to choose from that are much better than this one. For those who don't know, Norway has no major international actors. In comparison, Sweden and Denmark have dozens. This film, with its trip to the United States and its nomination for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, shows the entire film industry that, in many practical ways, Norway is a country without a functioning film scene.
george evil resident