A young woman goes on a vacation at an old farm, which once belonged to her deceased grandmother. Read More »
Tag Archives: Denmark
Eight Chords (1944) Johan Jacobsen, Erling Schroeder, Asbjørn Andersen, Buster Larsen
Eight separate family dramas (uncovering many aspects of deceit) are woven together to the sound of a certain Chopin waltz. Read More »
A Comédia de Deus / God’s Comedy (1995) João César Monteiro, Cláudia Teixeira, Manuela de Freitas
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute Read More »
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia / Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004) Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict Read More »
The Stranger Within (2013) Adam Neutzsky-Wulff, William Baldwin, Estella Warren, Sarah Butler
An acclaimed actress and her psychiatrist husband escape on a relaxing vacation but on the first night Read More »
Godless (2016) Ralitza Petrova, Irena Ivanova, Ventzislav Konstantinov, Svezhen Mladenov
A nurse traffics the ID cards of demented patients on the black market of identity theft. Read More »
A Stranger Knocks / En fremmed banker på (1959) Johan Jacobsen, Birgitte Federspiel, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Victor Montell
A stranger – a fugitive, a sought-after – walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. Read More »
2 minutter for sent (1952)
The body of a loose-living woman is discovered. Who murdered her? Her new hard-drinking boyfriend? Read More »
Sekten / Credo (1997)
Mona is a young woman, engaged to a man who never shows up. Read More »
John and Irene (1949) Asbjørn Andersen, Anker Sørensen, Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Ib Schønberg
This sombre drama qualifies to be a true film noir. The atmosphere is sinister and depressing, and the performances are resigned and tragic. Read More »