Let the Right One In
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
One evening, Éli, a young girl with black hair and a dark aura, moves into a sinister apartment building on the outskirts of Stockholm. Oskar, a 12-year-old boy with blond hair, lives in the apartment next door. Harassed by a group of thugs, Oskar longs for revenge. In Éli, he finds a friend to whom he can confide his sorrows. However, Éli only goes out at night, and her arrival coincides with a series of mysterious murders and disappearances.
Tomas Alfredson
Tomas Alfredson is a Swedish film director. His films include Morse (Låt den rätte komma in), which has won numerous awards at festivals around the world.
