VIKAREN - The Substitute (Danish)
The Story:
A strange sphere shoots through space and lands in an isolated chicken farm, and an alien takes over the body of the farmer's wife, who then shows up at the local school in the form of Ulla Harms (Paprika Steen).
Ulla is the new sudstitute teacher for the sixth grade class, she then proceeds to humiliate the kids with malicious verbal abuse and mad workouts in the gym. She also seems to possess telekinetic powers in addition to having the ability to read minds.
The kids realize pretty quickly that their teacher is an alien, especially when they catch her eating a live chicken. They denounce Ulla to their parents, and the folks call a meeting to oust teacher, but she uses her sphere to conjure up an automaton Minister of Education, who defends Ulla. She then bursts into tears to show how "hurt" she is by the kid's accusations.
The parents side with the blond bodysnatcher and the children are left with no one to defend them. The stakes are raised again when Ulla announces she will take her class on a school trip to "Paris," which is very likely a metaphor for alien abduction/annihilation, and it all has to do with the chicken farm…
Starring:
Paprika Steen, Emma Juel Justesen, Jonas Wandschneider, Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok, Ulrich Thomsen
Directed By:
Ole Bornedal
Release:
2007
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