ninja doll
Manager Yngvild Sve Flikke
interpreters Kristine Kujath Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader Khademi, Tora Christine Dietrichson
Year 2021
premiere 9 June 2022
Punctuation ★★★★
Despite obvious similarities to the Norwegian director’s second film, Juno (2007), it also uses sharp humor to portray a young woman suffering from an unwanted pregnancy. Yngvild Sve Flikke His non-puritanical view of female sexuality is distinguished by his empathetic defense of women’s authority over their bodies and their rejection of sexuality. comforting happy endings. To tell her story, ‘Ninjababy’ relies on animated overlays that emulate drawings created by her protagonist – her goal to become a comics artist – and this gives us access to her thoughts; In fact, for much of the movie, the young woman interacts with a frail fetus wearing a black mask who claims to love Angelina Jolie as a mother.
Explained this way, such a narrative strategy may seem like a disturbing waste of bizarre self-awareness, but in practice it helps give the story wit and effectiveness. sense of humor It does not in any way reveal the seriousness of the issue it deals with. that exact balance between comic and emotional depth is indeed the film’s greatest value when it comes to empathizing with the overwhelming conflict faced by its protagonist, who both wants to get rid of her baby as soon as possible but also feels increasingly. responsible for it. the creature’s future – both tooth and nail in defense of the rejection of official discourse maternal instinct.