Find out how a particular holiday experience led director Christian Tafdrup to write his latest film Speak No Evil (2022). Out now here in The Netherlands, this suspenseful dark comedy about a holiday encounter between a Dutch & Danish family comes with a chilling twist. Speaking with Elliot, Christian shares how his playful approach to horror genre conventions helps create a truly visceral experience.
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Christian Tafdrup is an actor and director. He is known for starring in Borgen (2010-2022), and directing Parents (2016), A Horrible Woman (2017), and Speak No Evil (2022).
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Films mentioned
- Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, 2022)
- Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019)
- Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
- Funny Games (Michael Haneke, 1997)
- Turist (Ruben Östlunds, 2014)
- Rosemary’s baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
- Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
- The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
- The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
- A Horrible Woman (Christian Tafdrup, 2017)
- Parents (Christian Tafdrup, 2016)
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