Labrador (Out of Bounds) import

The impressively made Out Of Bounds (Labrador) marks director Frederikke Aspöck out a talent to keep an eye on. It may well be a subtle and compact drama, set against the stunningly desolate backdrop of a windswept island, but she has sound control and crafted a film rich in atmosphere.
The film features just three characters and uses their intense psychological drama - juxtaposed with the bleak landscape - to craft a tense chamber piece the deal with emotional conflict and family traumas. Young Danish couple Stella (Leon) and her journalist boyfriend Oskar (Bjørnlund) visit her artist father Nathan (Eklund), who lives a solitary life alone with his Labrador dog on the remote Swedish island of Gotland. Stella is pregnant and looking forward to the birth of her baby, but Oskar appears to have doubts, and succumbs to Nathan’s provocations and feels bewildered by the relationship between father and daughter. A clash between the two men is inevitable with Stella caught in the middle.