Sunday, October 15, 2017

Danmark (2017, Kasper Rune Larsen)

This film had three screenings at CPH:PIX and the day after the festival closed it appeared already on TV. In other words: it won't appear i normal distribution. In other word, it has been estimated that people won't care to see this in a cinema hall. Should they or is this really not fit for the big screen?
It is about a group of slackers in a provincial town in Jutland. These are, says Urban Dictionary, young people who don't feel like doing anything. Vitelloni, thus, if they had lived in the 50s. They hang out, drink, have parties and one night stands.
The main protagonist is called Norge. His flat looks as if he just moved in or is about to move out. In true Oblomov manner he sleeps until daylight, drinks and smokes, shags and listens to death metal rock. One day the girl Josephine enter his life. She seduces him. Later she tells him that she is pregnant. Now Norge discovers his responsibility as a father to be. Norge and Josephine become a  couple.
Larsen is one of the instructors who uses mumbling to attract the attention of viewers in central scenes. In a scene with extreme mumbling Josephine tells Norge that he is not the father of the child and that his was just a tactic to get close to Norge.
The dialog is realistic. (fucking as intensifier etc.). Camera work follows these people as if it was a documentary. But ultimately this is not very relevant. I would have given this a 3, but give it a 2 for extreme mumbling.
2/10
Naked people as marketing strategy

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