Concrete Night (2013)

Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo's feverish, visually amazing 'Concrete Night', a glimpse at the imaginative life of a fourteen year-old boy called Simo (Johannes Brotherus), is an aesthetic tour de force - an emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways we do it. Set during summer in a stifling Helsinki slum, 'Concrete Night' features creepily precise black-and-white cinematography and a muted soundscape to create a claustrophobic sense of dread. The unmoored setting perfectly reflects Simo's anxiety and confusion about the world around him.