Overview of articles
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Jauja
The vision of Lisandro Alonso, the blinding photography of Kaurismäki’s regular cameraman and the use of actor/musician Viggo Mortensen combined to enPublished on: -
Speed Walking
Bitter-sweet coming-of-age comedy about 14-year-old Martin. The sudden death of his mother puts his rite of passage from boy to man in a higher gear.Published on: -
Snow
Copenhagen in winter. Alaa and Ibrahim hang around and chat about trivial and important matters. They seem intimidating or is that just a pose?Published on: -
Bridgend
Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is…Published on: -
Stranded in Canton
The Swede Månsson developed the concept for this improvised feature with director Li Hongqi (Winter Vacation). Their revealing, humorous story about aPublished on: -
Pusher II
Out impotence can a great and feared ex-con be? That if you’re a small clumsy crook, but your father is a big fish who despises…Published on: -
Dalecarlians
Dalecarlia is ‘the countryside’, far from modern Stockholm. The youngest daughter is the only one who every managed to get away, but now returns for…Published on: -
Rebecka
Made as an interview. Spontaneity is deflated with minor slips of the tongue and the emphatic reading of a script.Published on: -
A Hole in my Heart
Claustrophobic study of a weekend making amateur porn. A teenage son listens to loud music in his room, while father and his two “stars” slide…Published on: -
At the Prison’s Gate
August Blom was artistic director of the Danish production company Nordisk and directed many of their box office hits. At the Prison’s Gate (also known…Published on: