new thoughts
I wonder if both Pelle and Ingemar were assigned specifically to bring at least one girl to contend for May Queen. Like Dani and Connie were both sort of in "competition" until Connie screwed up by being more vocally upset at the elderly jumping off the cliff. But I also like Christian's line about how we put our elderly in nursing homes and they'd find that disturbing.
Pelle's conversations are always creepy, it feels like each one has a step of his agenda, such as showing her at least he remembers her birthday, and he's willing to have the discussion about her family.
Also I think Dani feels at home because the other ladies wail with her when she's upset. It's small but notable. At the beginning of the film, she's wailing into Christian's arms, he doesn't participate in commiserating with her that way, and later, the women do when she's hurting over him.
I think this movie still manages stereotypes. In the main group, we have the leader, the lady, the intellect, the fool, the outsider, all very The Cabin in the Woods.
It annoys that Dani speaks to an unnamed friend on the phone in the beginning who's never mentioned again. That's someone who might look for her. It would've been better to not include that and have Mark or someone comment "She's so wrapped up in you and her family, she doesn't even have any of her own friends," to show another layer of isolation.