THE BEST OF INTENTIONS | Omeleto Horror

A man confronts his disabled daughter's caregivers.
THE BEST OF INTENTIONS is used with permission from Emil Jonsson. Learn more at emiltjonsson.com.
Kjell is father to a mentally disabled daughter, who lives at an assisted care facility. He begins to suspect that her attendant Jocke is sexually abusing her. Jocke immediately notices Kjell's hostility and suspicion, which makes their interactions tense and disquieting. Things come to a head in a furious confrontation, leading to chilling consequences that will haunt the characters and viewers.
Director Emil Jonsson has created a chilling horror short, built not on blood, guts and gore but instead the darker impulses of humankind. The tension he generates from the conflict between two men is entirely psychological, crafted from precise camerawork and well-calibrated performances.
Famed Swedish actor Per Ragnar gives a masterful performance as the father, whose dignity and elegance masks a cold, almost condescending anger and menace, while Jonsson matches him beat for beat as the attendant.
Well-paced in its storytelling, the film is akin to classic old-fashioned thrillers by masters like Hitchcock, marrying classically inspired technique with the concerns and anxieties of modern life. By the time THE BEST OF INTENTIONS concludes, viewers won't be able to shake their sense of disquiet -- or easily calm their shaken nerves after the film's nail-biting end.

[@coworkerpaul5904]

Old Central/Northern European men are spooky, they have such a silent anger about them, especially when they are angry, and the mostly soft but stern tone of voice they always keep makes it even spookier

[@hsjqkahfbejabvse1659]

Listen to my dad where European too but my dad has a really scary accent like that but darker

[@Kawaiirei]

They are speaking swedish btw ....

[@sonquatsch8585]

@@Kawaiirei i thought danish.

[@celineeriksen842]

They speak Norwegian ass well

[@PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2]

Honestly, Omeleto should be it's own TV channel. It deserves way more popularity.

[@sandra9984]

Brutally underrated

[@xpkareem]

I don't get it. Who was the father talking to upstairs? Were there multiple people up there? WTF is happening is this house? I'm don't think I understand the gist of this one...

[@VieraXXII]

The man has a daughter Elsa, with special needs. She lives in a special needs home with other girls/young women like her. There they receive round the day care from nurses/helpers. Like an old persons home. Usually because they require medicine and special care that working parents dont have time/money to provide. The nurse Jocke, fell for Elsa and apparently kissed her, but denies anything else... But we dont know how severe her disability is, so the relationship is ostensibly inappropriate. The father see's the relationship as sexual abuse and poisons him. Sadly the dad poisons him (the only worker there who knows where the medicine is) before Elsa gets her necessary nightly injection of medicine. So she may be in pain or even dying, idk.

[@gabrielesartori1586]

@@VieraXXII I think the video opens also to the possibility that people with disabilities should be able to love too. Jocke looks seriously in love with Elsa, and her father wants to keep her as a baby.

[@everythingissalad2969]

@@gabrielesartori1586 she just learnt to draw and write names. I don't think she has the emotional maturity to be sexually active. Besides, we've only heard Jocke's story and not Elsa's, now were we shown the drawing she made. So honestly, I would look at it as sexual abuse until I hear Elsa's narrative.

[@lavenderhuman]

@@everythingissalad2969 yeah it does seem likely and considering we don’t know her side of the story, it’s likely abusive

[@pathetic2399]

@@gabrielesartori1586 Nonone is saying people with disabilities can’t love, too, but trying to get with someone with the mind of a preschooler, who can’t consent to what you do to her, is taking advantage and abuse no matter how you slice it. It’s wrong.

[@jamesharper9710]

Lmao!!

[@orsolyaritter7292]

Very deep....we all have these worries when it comes to trust soeone else taking care of them. Brilliantly expressed.

[@JorgeContreras-oo2ih]

Jumping 2 conclusions is one of the most stupidest things we humans always do

[@fadedneverland6091]

The father wasn’t wrong though. Even if he just kissed her, that’s still abuse. She is disabled and he’s in a direct position of authority over her. And we only have his word that he didn’t take it farther and he’s already demonstrated that he is at best very untrustworthy.

[@pathetic2399]

He kissed her. She’s disabled and can’t properly consent. That’s taking advantage. That said, he should have waited until he gave her her medicine first

[@SevenTailedWolf72]

I knew he was going to out something in the coffee.

[@joshuaizly5502]

Not knowing how to draw and just learning to write her name doesn't necessarily means she has a mental problem, it could be that she just lack the motor skill. Which would explain how she knew to write his name too. I think the ending was ambiguous enough about this.

[@emd1494]

If it's true and they are close to the same age I need more info about her condition and what stage she is mentally at.

[@jenniferrodriguez8987]

I'm guessing she probably has the mind of a preschooler, since she's just learning to write her name and draw pictures. I wish they would have shown her!

[@louislebron7430]

Too much overthinking is never grounds for the best of intentions.

[@pathetic2399]

He didn’t overthink. The man kissed his daughter. She’s disabled and can’t consent.

[@nagon5793]

This is so underrated!

[@berzerkdude5755]

The ending was not satisfying. 😶

[@bendia77]

Not satisfying? You expect 'satisfaction' from a film? Stick to Disney, Dude.

[@JonyTony2018]

Ryan Foley Who knew visual entertainment is supposed to be satisfying!

[@window2474]

This isn’t the Disney channel short films you watch with your mother on Sunday’s, these are actual short films

[@elizabethbrown1918]

Excellent!!

[@seattlered3018]

It didn't suck! 👍

[@AF-jp5vi]

Has anyone else noticed there's no light in the fridge?

[@RubabJaffery_CuteSagittarius]

Intense... in a gOod way! 👍😎

[@conniehanses]

Never bored....well done.💙🌎

[@rasendestroyer2701]

Can someone explain the ending? I don't seem to get it 🙈

[@shankeyahirwar6936]

Both boy and girl died at the end

[@VieraXXII]

The man has a daughter Elsa, with special needs. She lives in a special needs home with other girls/young women like her. There they receive round the day care from nurses/helpers. Like an old persons home. Usually because they require medicine and special care that working parents dont have time/money to provide. The nurse Jocke, fell for Elsa and apparently kissed her, but denies anything else... But we dont know how severe her disability is, so the relationship is ostensibly inappropriate. The father see's the relationship as sexual abuse and poisons him. Sadly the dad poisons him (the only worker there who knows where the medicine is) before Elsa gets her necessary nightly injection of medicine. So she may be in pain or even dying, idk.

[@ronaldrickard3551]

@@VieraXXII But who was the father yelling at off camera

[@kamimargos1882]

Ronald Rickard He was talking/yelling at the other residents in the home. More than just his daughter lives there.

[@nobody3973]

why is this underrated

[@areetraveller816]

WOW!!! That was intense!

[@tessl6750]

Super fantastisch

[@rgarlinyc]

Dark...

[@fatmariothethird468]

Omeleto is really underrated

[@ghostinsideadream7236]

You & me we used to be together Always.

[@noparanoiax]

?

[@ananyachauhan9727]

Can someone explain the end?

[@VitMcG]

The man has a daughter Elsa, with special needs. She lives in a special needs home with other girls/young women like her. There they receive round the day care from nurses/helpers. Like an old persons home. Usually because they require medicine and special care that working parents dont have time/money to provide. The nurse Jocke, fell for Elsa and apparently kissed her, but denies anything else... But we dont know how severe her disability is, so the relationship is ostensibly inappropriate. The father see's the relationship as sexual abuse and poisons him. Sadly the dad poisons him (the only worker there who knows where the medicine is) before Elsa gets her necessary nightly injection of medicine. So she may be in pain or even dying, idk.

[@elisha.n]

So very intense 👍👍👍

[@IcyLife3956]

This is German 🇩🇪

[@wazihanokshi2414]

Why do you have a male caregiver in the first place!

[@krishelfferich3487]

That's sexist

[@alexgabriel5650]

Why not?

[@Moonwalker4ever87]

Men need jobs too

[@pathetic2399]

Because not all men are creeps who take advantage of their patients and not all women are saints who treat their patients kindly.

[@krishelfferich3487]

Bothers me when filmmakers can't take enough pride in their movie to dub it.

[@LeoHKepler]

Often times pride in their art is precisely why they don't. Besides, in your eyes it may be so, but in reality catering to you doesn't make someone's efforts inherantly better.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

No need to dub films in my eyes. Keeps the authenticity and subtitles don’t bother me one bit. Take Das Boot for example, the English dub is done by the original actors (they were bilingual) but it’s not that good in my opinion. The German language version is the far superior version.

[@krishelfferich3487]

@@horrorfanandy4647 one of my foibles I guess 😋

[@krishelfferich3487]

@@LeoHKepler I must be the only one in the world