Saturday, September 11, 2010

Submarino

Submarino / Submarino. DK/SE (c) 2010 Nimbus Film Produktion APS. P: Morten Kaufmann. D: Thomas Vinterberg. SC: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg - based on the novel by Jonas T. Bengtsson (2007). DP: Charlotte Bruus Christensen - shot on 16 mm - digital intermediate. PD: Torben Stig Nielsen. COST: Margrethe Rasmussen. M+S: Kristian Eidnes Andersen. ED: Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Andri Steinn. LOC: Copenhagen. CAST: Jakob Cedergren (Nick Torp), Peter Plaugborg (Nick's little brother), Gustav Fischer Kjærulff (Martin Torp), Patricia Schumann (Sofie), Helene Reingaard Neumann (Mona), Morten Rose (Ivan), Kate Kjølbye (Ana). 110 min. A Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland release with Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Anitra Paukkula / Sophia Beckman-De-La-Riva. Viewed at Kinopalatsi 8, Helsinki, 11 Sep 2010

The story of broken families and abandoned children among the outcasts of the drug scene and the alcoholics of Copenhagen. Two brothers, sons of an alcoholic mother, struggle in extreme circumstances, also with their own self-destructive urges. Nick has been released from prison and covers his unhinged friend Ivan who has killed Nick's girlfriend. Nick's nameless brother becomes a heroin dealer to help support his little son Martin. A dead, gray digital intermediate look. Another depressive counter-image to Happy Denmark created by the country's top film-making talent? Much rather the real secret of happy Denmark is the special care taken of those who are cast out of the happy circle.

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