
MattiHarju'sdebutfeatureisacontemporarypost-COVIDruminationonthedeceptionofenvyandtheisolationofourinterconnectedworld.Nihilisticallyboastingabouttheabandonmentofideology,twoostracisedFinnishmenfindeachotheronline.Recreatingthemselvesasactiveprotagonists,theytakechargeoftheirlivesandtheirfortunesbyplanningtobreakintoacrypto-millionaire'sremotehome.<br/> Harjuusesexteriorshotsbothtocreatemysterybylingeringonnatureandtoconveythemen'slowersocio-economicreality,employingthecinematicvernacularofdistanttraintracks,rubbish-strewnwoodlandsandhalf-builtstructures.Astarkcontrastiscreatedbetweentheassailantsandtheirtargetandhisseeminglylavishlife.Thefilmleanstowardtheabsurdasthemenattempttopreparefortheircrime,takeselfiesenrouteandhelptheirboundcaptivemeasurehisbloodglucoselevels.<br/> Naturaconjuresadisplacedtension,servingastheantithesistoaconventionalinvasionfilmlikeMichaelHaneke'sFunnyGames(1997).Ratherthandwellingontormentandtorture,Harjucreatesmoreofasocialstudyofthedigitalage,framedbythefolkloricadagesthat‘lookscanbedeceiving’and‘thingsarenotastheyseem’.FuelledbyaquietrageundertheglisteningNordictwilight,theprotagonistsquicklylearnthatdigitalfacadesandcurrenciesareequallydeceptive.<br/> 源自:<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiffr.com%2Fen%2Fiffr%2F2023%2Ffilms%2Fnatura&link2key=286666c619"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">https://iffr.com/en/<wbr/>iffr/2023/films/natu<wbr/>ra</a>