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“They don’t even know what the Albedo effect or the Keeling curve is.” Early reader Greta Thunberg probably didn’t have as many illusions about the rulers of the world when she started her school strike for the weather with her tethermos.
Director Nathan Grossman was there early with his camera outside the Riksdag before the 2018 elections. Stockholm. His “Greta” follows young Greta Thunberg on her astonishingly fast journey straight to the center of world politics, spanning nearly two years.
It is a rather naive representation that does not offer aesthetic extravagances. and is constantly glued to the heels of the protagonist. Direct up and down images mixed with occasional private family videos. Grossman is confident that the story will work. And it does.
Greta Thunberg’s rocket ride straight into the brightest rays of the public is, to say the least, well documented. But the movie “Greta” still adds some essentials. It is reminiscent of how extremely knowledgeable and intellectually mature this extraordinary teenager is who is often reduced to a cartoon character by his opponents. The film convincingly depicts how Greta’s vision of children’s right to a sustainable future and the fight to protect our remaining environment go hand in hand.
Greta Thunberg: “‘Greta’ shows my true self”
It also clearly shows how sharp and almost terrifying adult, she is able to read the political game when she is greeted in the most powerful rooms: the EU, the Elysee Palace, the UN, the Vatican and more. Sure, it’s welcome and everyone wants to take selfies and she should talk to them. But do they really listen? “Everybody is involved in a role-playing game,” he says quite resignedly.
“Greta” is unexpectedly emotional and very moving on a more private level. Here, in a beneficial way, there is the perspective of both the child and the parents on how to live with an Asperger diagnosis.
“Greta” is unexpectedly emotional and very moving on a more private level. Here, in a beneficial way, there is the perspective of both the child and the parents on how to live with an Asperger diagnosis. Greta Thunberg talks about her journey, which has included difficult conditions like depression, eating disorders and social exclusion, but also about how she learned to handle the additional forces that her personality brings. His parents, especially the constant companion Svante Thunberg, air his thoughts and concerns in a pleasant way. There is much to comfort here, many wise thoughts for all who have lived or are living similar situations.
Greta Thunberg gets closer during the risky and difficult journey between Southampton and New York, when she was invited to the UN climate summit last fall. She cries longingly and expresses how happy she feels with the feeling of not having enough. “It’s too much for me, it’s too much responsibility …”. Of course it is, but at the same time, as the film actually says, it has created an activist platform and paved the way for an euphoric popular movement that no screenwriter in the world could have imagined.
See more. Three other films on the climate crisis: “In the Eleventh Hour” (2007), “An Uncomfortable Sequel” (2017), “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” (2020)
Nathan Grossman followed Greta Thunberg from the beginning.
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