An average movie

Bille August is one of the few directors who have managed to win twice the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival (the other directors are Francis Ford Coppola, Alf Sjöberg, Emir Kusturica, Shôhei Imamura, the Dardenne Brothers and Michael Haneke). Therefore, I was really eager to check his two movies which won the big prize (‘Den goda viljan’ and ‘Pelle erobreren’) but, somehow, it never happened and, instead, I have watched a whole bunch of movies he made afterwards. To be honest, after these two prestigious wins, August didn’t get much success afterwards and this flick is a perfect example. Basically, it started out as an interesting thriller with a very nice mood but the plot became increasingly murky and far-fetched and therefore, the end-result was rather underwhelming. Still, it wasn’t bad at all, it really had some potential, there were some strong performances and there was something exotic to me about the locations (Greenland and Denmark). At the time, Julia Ormond , a really charming actress, had a couple of years at the top but her status was already declining and, a couple of years later, she would show up in some even more obscure movies.  To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I think it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10