Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz. Read More »
Tag Archives: Denmark
Boys (1977) Nils Malmros, Lars Junggren, Inez Thomsen, Ilse Rande
Three episodes that illustrate three steps in a boy’s relationship with the sexual. Read More »
The Woman That Dreamed About a Man (2010) Per Fly, Sonja Richter, Marcin Dorocinski, Michael Nyqvist
What happens when a sexual connection overwhelms all your senses? Read More »
Murk (2005) Jannik Johansen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Laura Drasbæk
In Copenhagen, the writer and journalist Jacob and his girlfriend Nina are surprised when his beloved sister Julie Read More »
Wolf and Sheep (2016) Shahrbanoo Sadat, Sediqa, Qodrat, Amina
Based upon unpublished diaries, the film assumes the role of an anthropologist observing remote shepherd communities Read More »
Applause (2009) Martin Zandvliet, Paprika Steen, Michael Falch, Sara-Marie Maltha
When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. Read More »
Devil’s Island (1996) Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir
Djoflaeyjan takes place in Reykjavik in the years following World War II. Read More »
Little Soldier (2008) Annette K. Olesen, Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen
Lotte is a soldier recently back from war. She drinks, and her apartment is a mess. Read More »
The Seventies People (1975) Peter Watkins, Jette Jørgensen, Inge Lundgren, Erik L. Christensen
The tele-film explores the high suicide rate in Denmark, the many factors behind it Read More »
A Frozen Dream (1997) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Rolf Lassgård
Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
When Animals Dream (2014) Jonas Alexander Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter
The outsider Marie lives with her parents in a remote fishing village on the north coast of Denmark. Read More »
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen
Part history lesson followed by re-enactments with actors, this film takes depicts the history of witchcraft Read More »
A Song for Martin (2001) Bille August, Sven Wollter, Viveka Seldahl, Reine Brynolfsson
Famous composer Martin meets concertmaster Barbara at one of his performances, and the two fall in love. Read More »
Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) Bille August, Julia Ormond, Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen
Based on Peter Hoeg’s bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Read More »
Next Door (2005) Pål Sletaune, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht
A psychological thriller, where the main character, John, have recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Ingrid. Read More »