The original title of this film is Turist - quite trivial as opposed to the hinting at unleashed powers in the international title.
The life of Tomas and Ebba changes in less than a second while they are on a ski holiday in the Alps. An avalanche seems to approach the hotel. Tomas runs away, saves his I-Phone and forgets about his family. This triggers a conflict between the couple. At last Tomas realizes, that he ran away like a coward. This leads to a complete break down of his macho image. He reconstructs his status as role model when he saves his wife who had an accident.
There is an epilogue glued to the main story. The holiday is over and a bus is going to bring them to the station. But the bus driver is an incompetent fool, who seems to jeopardize the lives of his passengers. Now Ebba gets hysterical and wants to get off the bus, forgetting about her children. Tomas, who has reconciled himself with his failure acts prudently and the couple walks into a ameliorated future.
It seems that I recently watch many films about the father role. In this film men can be weak, can be deconstructed and they can still be like a role model. In this respect he resembles Mason Sr. from Boyhood, who is a blend of buddy and guidance, a modern father. Not the authoritarian type of The Return. It seems that male self-understanding has different aspects. The most likeable one comes from open societies. It seems then that the father figures reflect the respective society.
8/10
The life of Tomas and Ebba changes in less than a second while they are on a ski holiday in the Alps. An avalanche seems to approach the hotel. Tomas runs away, saves his I-Phone and forgets about his family. This triggers a conflict between the couple. At last Tomas realizes, that he ran away like a coward. This leads to a complete break down of his macho image. He reconstructs his status as role model when he saves his wife who had an accident.
There is an epilogue glued to the main story. The holiday is over and a bus is going to bring them to the station. But the bus driver is an incompetent fool, who seems to jeopardize the lives of his passengers. Now Ebba gets hysterical and wants to get off the bus, forgetting about her children. Tomas, who has reconciled himself with his failure acts prudently and the couple walks into a ameliorated future.
It seems that I recently watch many films about the father role. In this film men can be weak, can be deconstructed and they can still be like a role model. In this respect he resembles Mason Sr. from Boyhood, who is a blend of buddy and guidance, a modern father. Not the authoritarian type of The Return. It seems that male self-understanding has different aspects. The most likeable one comes from open societies. It seems then that the father figures reflect the respective society.
8/10
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