I saw Schpaaa at a Norwegian cinema where the home crowd greeted it with great enthusiasm, and with good reason too! The film, seemingly shot on low budget rests not on the trickery of the camera, but on the quality of the script. The film brings home the issue of the decay that is present on the streets of our cities today and uses the gritty realism of the lives of Oslo's less fortunate to the screen. The film shares similar traits with the 'Kids', has a similar subject matter and the filmic style can be seen as being closely related aswell. Surley this film would have been commended by Mr Bazin if he were alive today. If you have the opportunity, regardless of language barriers, see this film.
Review of Bunch of Five
