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Hatching (Pahanhautoja)

Directed by Hanna Bergholm
Finland, Sweden
2022
86 mins

Hatching is a horror film about a 12-year-old gymnast girl, Tinja, who does everything to fulfill her mother’s high expectations.

One day, Tinja finds a strange bird egg and starts hatching it, until out bursts a birdlike creature. Tinja names the horrifying monster Alli and hides it in her closet.

As Tinja’s buried aggression and jealousy push Alli into increasingly violent attacks, her family's carefully curated life is turned upside down until no one is safe.

  • Year
    2022
  • Country
    Finland, Sweden
  • Language
    Finnish
  • Premiere Status
    East Coast Premiere
  • Director
    Hanna Bergholm
  • Cast
    Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkila, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin
  • Writer
    Ilja Rautsi
  • Cinematographer
    Jarkko T. Laine
  • Editor
    Linda Jildmalm
  • Genre
    Horror, Thriller, Drama
  • Theme
    Directed by Women, Family, Jordan Ressler First Feature Award

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