The film, directed by the grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann, won the Caméra d’Or for best new filmmaker at last year ...

In his early 20s, Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel held a variety of roles at a primary school, including substitute ...

With his debut feature, “Armand,” Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel wants to step out of his revered grandfather’s shadow. (Though the movie still contains a secret tribute.) By Carlos Aguilar When ...

A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand," which opens in theaters Friday A mother is called to her child’s school for ...

Technically, “Armand” is not a folk horror movie. Technically, it’s not a horror movie at all. But the director Halfdan Ullmann Tondel wants us to wonder what we’re in for from the very start.

A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a claustrophobic courtroom thriller set in a primary school classroom.

“Armand” is the directorial debut of writer-director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, who has the daunting pressure of being a descendant of cinema royalty. As if making a movie isn’t hard enough on ...

It’s the laugh that gets you. Roughly halfway through Armand, the debut feature from Norwegian filmmaker Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, we watch someone fall apart. A mother has been called into a ...