A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. Read More »
Tag Archives: Danish
The Five Obstructions AKA De fem benspænd (2003) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
In this playful, mischievous look at the creative process, Danish auteur Lars von Trier Read More »
In My Life / Honning måne (1978) Bille August, Claus Strandberg, Kirsten Olesen, Jens Okking
A young man, Jens, gets a job in a Copenhagen factory. He lives with his mother and has been without a job for a while. Read More »
The Celebration / Festen (1998) Thomas Vinterberg, Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Read More »
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 »
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 »
In China They Eat Dogs (1999) Lasse Spang Olsen, Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket. Read More »
The Bench (2000) Per Fly, Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen
Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Read More »