Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Two sets of parents sit down over an incident between their six-year-old sons, and by the end of Armand, nobody in the room agrees on what actually happened.
What is Armand about?
Called into an elementary school for a meeting they weren't expecting, Armand's parents and the family of his closest friend find themselves navigating an accusation neither child can, or will, fully explain. The school staff try to mediate, but every attempt to establish facts only exposes how differently each adult in the room needs the story to end. Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel builds the film almost entirely around conversation and silence, letting a single day in a single building carry the weight of unresolved grief, suspicion, and protective instinct. As the meeting stretches on, the line between concern for the children and each parent's own unresolved history starts to blur, and the incident itself becomes almost secondary to what it reveals about the adults trying to make sense of it. What begins as a procedural inquiry slides into something closer to a reckoning, with obsession and desire surfacing in places no one expected them.
Cast & crew
Renate Reinsve carries the film as Armand's mother, with Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Endre Hellestveit as the other family at the center of the dispute, supported by Thea Lambrechts Vaulen and Øystein Røger as school staff caught in the middle.
Context & significance
Armand marks the feature debut of director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, a Norwegian-led co-production with Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden that premiered in 2024. Its 116-minute runtime unfolds mostly within one school building, using confined spaces and long, unbroken conversations to build a slow-burn psychological drama rather than a conventional mystery.
Where & how to watch
Armand is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, built for viewers who want the full experience in Farsi. Watching the film requires only a free K-Time account; this page itself can be read without signing in.