在这部丹麦试验剧情片中,故事发生在1951年，十六位来自格林兰岛的小孩被送到丹麦本土，当局希望通过一系列的改造手段，将这些孩子的所谓“文明”程度提高到丹麦本国居民一样的水准。尽管照料孩子们的老师Gert具有满心的理想主义情怀，但最终的结果证明这种人性改造其实根本是最大的违背人性。这是一部在当今全球化背景下，思考本土/全球、第三世界/发达国家之间关系角力的反思力作。每一个第三世界、被殖民国家都应该有这样的民族志记忆。另外，导演在叙事方面有非常深厚的功力，故事的进程一波三折，绝不拖泥带水。
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic children, who have just come home after a year of civilization in Denmark. Now they are to be introduced into the Greenlandic community as role models. Gert, who lives alone and has no family, accepts the assignment with pride. She is idealistic and ambitious and feels passionate about saving Greenland from destitution. The means to this end is to educate and civilize the 16 children in the Danish language and culture, so they can spearhead Greenland's transformation from being a poor hunter society to being an equal part of Denmark. Due to her blind faith in the experiment, Gert underestimates the obvious personal costs to the children. And when the children as well as the Danish state fail her, she finds it harder and harder to maintain her idealism.
我是一个反全球化者。虽然头晕，但是还是有所收获。
