Alena (2015)

Alena: Directed by Daniel di Grado. With Amalia Holm, Molly Nutley, Felice Jankell, Rebecka Nyman. When Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena’s best friend Josefin won’t let her take anymore beating. If she won’t strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.

“Caught this film on TV recently, and to my surprise it was quite a fine film. It didnu0026#39;t match the demographics for what it was catching, but I think most will find this intriguing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe main lead, Alena, is a brooding new student at a boarding school she clearly doesnu0026#39;t fit into. So surprise surprise, she is targeted by the school sportu0026#39;s team bullies, one who makes her life hell. The catch? Alena has a very dark secret from her past and it will obviously catch up with everyone who interferes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe have here a mostly derivative storyline, which has been well trod beforehand, being a combination of Mean Girls, Carrie, Heathers and Death Note (Japanese manga).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, itu0026#39;s more than the story. Our leads are excellent in this brooding tale and the camera work is excellent providing quite a dark frightening outlook on the first viewing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked it. It was predictable, but that shouldnu0026#39;t take away from anything. For teenagers, theyu0026#39;ll enjoy this slice of darkness. The rest should respect it at least.”