IMDb plot summary: The fates of several Copenhagen residents collide when a WWII bombing mission accidentally targets a school full of children.
Directed by Ole Bornedal. Stars Bertram Bisgaard, Ester Birch, and Ella Josephine Lund Nilsson.
The Shadow in My Eye is a Danish movie telling the story of a fuel bombardment that happened in German-occupied Denmark during World War 2. In an attempt to bomb a Gestapo headquarters, the fighters unintentionally bomb a school and cause a ton of collateral damage. We follow a handful of children and their parents as they deal with the aftermath of this. This is a pretty good movie, and a lot of that rests in the little moments that it highlights. I'm particularly struck by the story of one boy who is selectively mute as a result of trauma from having witnessed a car bombing, and watching him try to heal and then having to go through a similar trauma again is very compelling as a story and you really want him to be OK. I was a little surprised coming back to write this review after a week or two at how little I remembered of the movie. I had almost forgotten I'd seen it. When I sit and think about it, of course I remember all the pieces that stood out to me very good, but I do have to put in the actual effort to think about it, because it doesn't rise to the top automatically. I would still recommend it because I think it's a well done movie, but for whatever reason it didn't land in the top echelon for me.
🎥 The Shadow in My Eye (2022)
📊 Ranked #2283/4249 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 49
lost to George of the Jungle (#2143 → #2114)
beat SpaceCamp (#3202 → #3204)
beat Peter Pan Live! (#2672 → #2833)
beat Splash (#2409 → #2411)
beat David Copperfield (#2281 → #2280)
lost to Hellboy (#2214 → #2212)
beat Avengers: Infinity War (#2248 → #2226)
beat Safety Not Guaranteed (#2231 → #2463)
lost to Vanya on 42nd Street (held at #2222)
lost to A Cure for Wellness (#2226 → #2221)
lost to Malcolm X (#2229 → #2213)
beat Forever Young (#2230 → #2302)
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