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A good movie

Posted : 12 years, 3 months ago on 6 February 2012 10:13

Even though the Dogme 95 is now rather out of fashion, I always had a weak spot for this genre and it had been a while since I saw a Dogme 95 feature. What I love about this filming style was that it set the focus on the actors and the story, instead of the special effects, the music, the sets, the stunts, the costumes,... Especially here, the acting was really strong and all the 4 actors (Mads Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen) gave some solid performances. Eventually, the only issue was probably the fact that they were too many storylines (Paprika Steen's guilt for causing the accident, Nikolaj Lie Kaas's anger about his condition, Sonja Richter's sorrow about Kaas and, of course, her love affair with Mikkelsen). I understand that the love affair was actually the main storyline but I didn't think that it was actually the most interesting subject. Furthermore, I can understand that Sonja Richter would start a new relationship since her whole life was just shattered but the main reason why Mads Mikkelsen would do such a thing was, in my opinion, only to provide some extra drama. Still, I really liked this emotional and heavy movie and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Scandinavian movies.

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