曾因影片《丹麦诗人》而获得奥斯卡动画短片奖的Torill Kove，今年带来了她的新作、基于瑞典著名童书改编的电影《Hocus Pocus Alfie Atkins!》（阿特金斯的戏法，暂译）。影片主人公阿尔菲在北欧是个家喻户晓的小孩，这次他终于从图书中出来走上了大银幕。7岁的阿尔菲虽然到了上学的年龄，但是他一直以来的梦想是养一条狗，可是父亲不让，于是便引发了这一场亦真亦幻的演出。

The movie is a collection of eight loosely connected episodes. Each one is dedicated to a norwegian party. Nine directors worked together in the production, yet in my opinion, the integration of the different stories worked better here than it did in similar attempts, for example "Four Rooms".
I am not at all familiar with norwegian politics, but the characterisations of parties are applicable to other countries just as well. The observations on political movements are accurate and they are presented in a very pleasant sarcastic manner.
Surely there are some norwegian specialties, and I certainly missed some of the humour, but even if stripped off any political meaning, the stories are funny and well-told.

2012 film by Petter Næss