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Tag Archives: Denmark
Ginger & Rosa (2012) Sally Potter, Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening
A look at the lives of two teenage girls – inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa Read More »
The Abyss / Afgrunden (1910) Urban Gad, Asta Nielsen, Robert Dinesen, Poul Reumert
At a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets Read More »
O’ Horten (2007) Bent Hamer, Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby
A picaresque tale. Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he’s a train engineer retiring Read More »
Headhunters / Hodejegerne (2011) Morten Tyldum, Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Roger Brown works as one of the most powerful headhunters in Norway. Read More »
Heaven’s Heart / Himlens hjärta (2008) Simon Staho, Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Endre, Jakob Eklund
Lars and Susanna have been married for twenty years. They love each other dearly Read More »
The Ox / Oxen (1991) Sven Nykvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson
In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master’s ox Read More »
Songs From The Second Floor / Sånger från andra våningen (2000) Roy Andersson, Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love Read More »
Pusher (1996) Nicolas Winding Refn, Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk
Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn’t paid Read More »
The House of the Spirits (1993) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
Be Dear to Me / Ingen tid til kærtegn (1957) Annelise Hovmand, Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt
The eight year old girl, Lene, feels neglected by her loving, but busy parents. Read More »
The Magnetist’s Fifth Winter / Magnetisøren’s femte vinter (1999) Morten Henriksen, Rolf Lassgård, Ole Lemmeke, Johanna Sällström
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820 Read More »
Atlantis (1913) August Blom, Olaf Fønss, Ida Orloff, Ebba Thomsen
After Dr. Friedrich’s wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite. Read More »
The Naked Trees / De nøgne træer (1991) Morten Henriksen, Ole Lemmeke, Lena Nilsson, Michael Moritzen
When doctor Christian Borck form a sabotagegroup the young law student Holger Mikkelsen Read More »
Good and Evil / Det gode og det onde (1975) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Ulla Gottlieb, Holger Juul Hansen
Jørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love Read More »