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TIFF 2009 Day 2: Jesper Ganslandt’s The Ape (Apan)

Despite this, Jesper Ganslandt’s sophomore narrative feature remained an intense experience, most of this is attributed to the helmer’s camerawork – a sort of Dardenne approach where the camera remains within arm’s length distance of actor Olle Sarri.

Eric Lavallée

Published on September 14, 2009

Going into the public screening of Swede film The Ape, I unfortunately knew what to expect in terms of the one specific plot detail that explains the drastic string of events and the course that the protagonist ultimately takes. Despite this, Jesper Ganslandt’s sophomore narrative feature remained an intense experience, most of this is attributed to the helmer’s camerawork – a sort of Dardenne approach where the camera remains within arm’s length distance of actor Olle Sarri – who plays “delusional” to the extreme. Full review coming soon.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).