Director Erik Poppe's Utøya is a single take through a nightmare

Kaja (Andrea Berntzen) runs for her life

This remarkable Norwegian film refines the you-are-there experience to a visceral and nightmarish ordeal. “There” is the small island of Utøya, where a heavily armed gunman is shooting indiscriminately, and “you” appear to be among the terrified teenagers running and screaming for their lives.

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