Bye-bye, Peak TV. After more than a decade of unprecedented production growth, the international television industry is bracing for an era of tighter budgets and more bean counting.
“Instead of subscriber growth at all costs, now the focus is on production and investment and getting the balance sheet right,” says Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, the sales arm of the production giant behind reality TV hits Big Brother and high-end dramas Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror. “I hate using the phrase because everyone says it, but the focus now is on ‘fewer, better, bigger shows.’ ”
The variety of shows on offer at this year’s global TV market in Cannes, MIPCOM, suggests every buyer, at every budget, should find something to fill their slots. And while THR’s annual hot list of the market’s best new drama series ranges from a by-the-book NBC procedural to an erotic comedy...
“Instead of subscriber growth at all costs, now the focus is on production and investment and getting the balance sheet right,” says Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, the sales arm of the production giant behind reality TV hits Big Brother and high-end dramas Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror. “I hate using the phrase because everyone says it, but the focus now is on ‘fewer, better, bigger shows.’ ”
The variety of shows on offer at this year’s global TV market in Cannes, MIPCOM, suggests every buyer, at every budget, should find something to fill their slots. And while THR’s annual hot list of the market’s best new drama series ranges from a by-the-book NBC procedural to an erotic comedy...
- 10/15/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Another Round star Maria Bonnevie is leading Viaplay’s latest Norwegian original, a comedy-drama inspired by award-winning director Bård Breien’s unusual childhood.
In the Name of Love is set in 1970s Norway, where a primary school teacher, played by Bonnevie, does everything to keep her husband Lars’ (Trond Espen Seim) highly profitable porn business secret. Lars sees his line of work as an act of social protest, however, and their two sons, played by real-life brothers Jakob and Jonas Oftebro, are caught in the middle – until a family confrontation becomes inevitable.
Bonnevie starred opposite Mads Mikkelsen in Thomas Vinterberg’s Academy Award-nominated Another Round.
The show is the latest in a long line of Nordic streamer Viaplay’s originals, with 70 set to premiere this year. Deadline revealed Norwegian feature Listen Up! starring People Just do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry in June.
“I grew up in a fantastic...
In the Name of Love is set in 1970s Norway, where a primary school teacher, played by Bonnevie, does everything to keep her husband Lars’ (Trond Espen Seim) highly profitable porn business secret. Lars sees his line of work as an act of social protest, however, and their two sons, played by real-life brothers Jakob and Jonas Oftebro, are caught in the middle – until a family confrontation becomes inevitable.
Bonnevie starred opposite Mads Mikkelsen in Thomas Vinterberg’s Academy Award-nominated Another Round.
The show is the latest in a long line of Nordic streamer Viaplay’s originals, with 70 set to premiere this year. Deadline revealed Norwegian feature Listen Up! starring People Just do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry in June.
“I grew up in a fantastic...
- 9/9/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
"Sings and sparkles!" Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a second official US trailer for the award-winning film Another Round, which now has two Oscar nominations for Best Director + Best International Film. It was originally selected for Cannes, but eventually premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this fall, and was one of my Top 10 of 2020. The film follows four teachers who embark on an experiment where they each sustain a certain level of alcohol intoxication during their everyday life, believing that all people in general would benefit from a bit higher Blood Alcohol Content. Of course, things start to get out of hand... Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Maria Bonnevie. This new trailer is pretty much a "look at all the awards we've received and these two Oscar nominations!" Which is all good by me if they want to show off, because this is a...
- 3/29/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Another Round Review — Another Round (2020) Video Movie Review, a Samuel Goldwyn Films movie written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, co-written by Tobias Lindholm, and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold, Diêm Camille G., Martin Greis-Rosenthal, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Morten Thunbo, Dorte Højsted, [...]
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- 1/25/2021
- by Alex Srednoselac
- Film-Book
Another Round U.S. Trailer — Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the U.S. movie trailer for Another Round / Druk (2020). You can view here the international Another Round film trailer. Cast and crew Thomas Vinterberg‘s Another Round stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold, Diêm [...]
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Continue reading: Another Round (2020) U.S. Movie Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen’s Drinking Spirals Out of Control in Thomas Vinterberg’s Film...
- 11/12/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I haven't felt this good in ages. I think there's more to this." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official US trailer for the fantastic film Another Round, the latest Thomas Vinterberg feature that made a splash on the festival circuit this fall. It was originally selected for Cannes, but eventually premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this fall. It's easily one of my favorite films of the year! Another Round, originally known as Druk in Danish, follows four teachers who embark on an experiment where they each sustain a certain level of alcohol intoxication during their everyday life, believing that all people in general would benefit from a bit higher Blood Alcohol Content. But, of course, they eventually take things too far... As always. The film stars Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Maria Bonnevie. I wrote a glowing review commenting on the layers of...
- 11/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round is continuing its trajectory as one to watch this season. The Mads Mikkelsen-starrer has been shortlisted by Denmark’s Oscar Committee as one of three pictures that will vie to be the country’s entry for the International Feature Film Academy Award. The other two films are Rotterdam prizewinner A Perfectly Normal Family by Malou Reymann and Venice Critics’ Week title Shorta from Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid. The official selection will be announced on November 18.
Another Round on Sunday scooped the Virtual Audience Award for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. It had previously received the official selection label for Cannes’ 2020 edition and had its international premiere during the Toronto Film Festival. At San Sebastian, it won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.
At the Danish box office, the drama has sold over 500K tickets since release on...
Another Round on Sunday scooped the Virtual Audience Award for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival. It had previously received the official selection label for Cannes’ 2020 edition and had its international premiere during the Toronto Film Festival. At San Sebastian, it won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.
At the Danish box office, the drama has sold over 500K tickets since release on...
- 10/19/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
That esteemed contemporary sage Homer Simpson once observed that alcohol was “the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” The idea behind that joke permeates “Another Round” (“Druk”), the latest from director Thomas Vinterberg (“Far From the Madding Crowd”), a film that centers on drinking to excess but winds up being more about mid-life crises and less a jeremiad about the evils of demon rum.
Working from an incisive and insightful screenplay he wrote with Tobias Lindholm, Vinterberg crafts another drama that presents the best and worst of human nature as paths to be explored. His characters don’t necessarily choose the right one, and sometimes we’re left to wonder which selection they’ve made, but Vinterberg — in marked contrast to his fellow Dogme 95 filmmaker Lars von Trier — at least concedes that redemption might exist.
Mads Mikkelsen stars as Martin, a middle-aged schoolteacher in a middle-aged...
Working from an incisive and insightful screenplay he wrote with Tobias Lindholm, Vinterberg crafts another drama that presents the best and worst of human nature as paths to be explored. His characters don’t necessarily choose the right one, and sometimes we’re left to wonder which selection they’ve made, but Vinterberg — in marked contrast to his fellow Dogme 95 filmmaker Lars von Trier — at least concedes that redemption might exist.
Mads Mikkelsen stars as Martin, a middle-aged schoolteacher in a middle-aged...
- 9/20/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
If you find yourself needing to latch onto an obscure scientific theory to reinvigorate your energy level and live your life as more than a sleepwalking zombie, you’re probably not ready to actually confront the real problem. We know this to be true of the quartet at the center of Thomas Vinterberg’s effective, cathartic drama Druk (known in English as Another Round), since our first impression of Tommy (Thomas Bo Larsen), Peter (Lars Ranthe), Nikolaj (Magnus Millang), and especially Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) is that they have lost their spark. Sexually, intellectually, physically, emotionally—whatever spark you can describe in words, they’ve lost it. Call it a mid-life crisis if you want. Call it evidence for needing a therapist like it is. Or, as they decide, retrieve that long-lost courage at the bottom of a bottle.
Don’t go calling them alcoholics, though (at least not yet). The...
Don’t go calling them alcoholics, though (at least not yet). The...
- 9/19/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
‘Another Round’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen as a Danish High-School Teacher Who Become a Drunk…On Purpose
The Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg came up in the Dogme 95 movement, and he’s sort of like Lars von Trier if von Trier, beneath the radical flourishes, had become a conventional-minded director of mildly outré TV movies. (Netflix should snap him up.) In a Vinterberg film, there’s the hook, which is often provocative, and then there’s the execution, which tends to be overly telegraphed and a touch plodding and not fully psychologically convincing. Yet even after 20 years, Vinterberg is still wedded to the Dogme mannerisms — the no-frills camerawork, the improvvy austerity — that now have all the aesthetic frisson of a polished piece of Scandinavian bedroom furniture. His latest film, “Another Round,” might be described as , a “socially relevant” trifle that keeps undercutting itself.
It’s about four middle-aged friends who are teachers at the same high school, and it centers on Martin (Mads Mikkelsen), who was once a...
It’s about four middle-aged friends who are teachers at the same high school, and it centers on Martin (Mads Mikkelsen), who was once a...
- 9/14/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
“Another Round” wastes no time confronting the danger and allure of alcohol as a singular contradiction: It begins with the joyful beer-swigging exploits of energetic teens, followed by an abrupt cut to black, and a jarring silence pierced by the lonely slosh of a single beverage. From there, Thomas Vinterberg’s absorbing dark comedy turns into , with Mads Mikkelsen’s fierce and unsettling performance vibrating at its center. Teaming up for the first time since their similarly unnerving character study “The Hunt” in 2012, the Danish actor and director join forces for a wily character study that enhances the one-note premise through the sheer gusto of its execution.
The alcohol guzzled throughout “Another Round” begins as a form of salvation, takes a deadly turn, and ends on an open question. Mikkelsen embodies that uneasy journey as Martin, a jaded high school history teacher, utterly deflated as he enters middle age. Married...
The alcohol guzzled throughout “Another Round” begins as a form of salvation, takes a deadly turn, and ends on an open question. Mikkelsen embodies that uneasy journey as Martin, a jaded high school history teacher, utterly deflated as he enters middle age. Married...
- 9/13/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
"We only drink during work hours." "Like Hemingway." Screen Daily has unveiled an official promo trailer for the film Another Round, also known as Druk, the latest feature from acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. The film was announced as a Cannes 2020 selection yesterday, meaning it would've premiered at the film festival last month, but will instead play at other fests before release. Four teachers embark on an experiment where they each sustain a certain level of alcohol intoxication during their everyday life, believing that all people in general would benefit from a bit higher Blood Alcohol Content. But, of course, they eventually take things too far. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, and Maria Bonnevie. This looks fantastic! Not just a film about alcohol, but about society and our place in it. Can't wait to see this film. Here's the first promo trailer for Thomas Vinterberg's...
- 6/4/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Druk
Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg reunites with most of the crew from his 2012 drama The Hunt for a drama about binge drinking, Druk (Next Round), which will star Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Susse Wold, Helene Reingaard Neumann and Maria Bonnevie. Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Kasper Dissing are producing, while the project is being lensed by Sturla Brandth Grovlen. One of the iconic Dogme 95 founders, whose Celebration won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Vinterberg has dabbled in several languages and genres.…...
Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg reunites with most of the crew from his 2012 drama The Hunt for a drama about binge drinking, Druk (Next Round), which will star Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Susse Wold, Helene Reingaard Neumann and Maria Bonnevie. Sisse Graum Jorgensen and Kasper Dissing are producing, while the project is being lensed by Sturla Brandth Grovlen. One of the iconic Dogme 95 founders, whose Celebration won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Vinterberg has dabbled in several languages and genres.…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Daily dread infuses the raw, claustrophobic story of a teenage carer looking after her troubled mother and little brother
Norwegian writer-director Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s impressive debut is an intelligent family drama refrigerated with horror-movie chills. Partly autobiographical, it’s the story of teenage carer Jill (Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin), who looks after her little brother and their depressed single mum. This is a family unlikely to show up on the radar of social services: Jill’s mum has had some success in the past as an artist; her dad is a famous jazz musician and rarely around.
The claustrophobic first half, with echoes of Polanski’s Repulsion, is confined almost entirely to Jill’s flat where mum Astrid (Maria Bonnevie) swings between depressive slumps and manic bursts of creativity. There’s psychological depth and rawness to these scenes that’s painful to watch. Feeling she’s a failure as an artist,...
Norwegian writer-director Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s impressive debut is an intelligent family drama refrigerated with horror-movie chills. Partly autobiographical, it’s the story of teenage carer Jill (Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin), who looks after her little brother and their depressed single mum. This is a family unlikely to show up on the radar of social services: Jill’s mum has had some success in the past as an artist; her dad is a famous jazz musician and rarely around.
The claustrophobic first half, with echoes of Polanski’s Repulsion, is confined almost entirely to Jill’s flat where mum Astrid (Maria Bonnevie) swings between depressive slumps and manic bursts of creativity. There’s psychological depth and rawness to these scenes that’s painful to watch. Feeling she’s a failure as an artist,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
TrustNordisk has also sold the film to Germany, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.
StudioCanal has bought UK and Ireland rights to Thomas Vinterberg’s upcoming feature Druk, which has now confirmed its international title as Another Round, from TrustNordisk.
The sales agent has closed a slew of further Europeanl deals on the film including to Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein (Weltkino); Benelux (September); Switzerland (Pathé); Hungary (Vertigo Media), Greece (Seven Films); Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video); Poland (Best Film); Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia (Estin Film) and Czech Republic (Film Europe).
Another Round is about a group of high school teachers who embark...
StudioCanal has bought UK and Ireland rights to Thomas Vinterberg’s upcoming feature Druk, which has now confirmed its international title as Another Round, from TrustNordisk.
The sales agent has closed a slew of further Europeanl deals on the film including to Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein (Weltkino); Benelux (September); Switzerland (Pathé); Hungary (Vertigo Media), Greece (Seven Films); Former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film & Video); Poland (Best Film); Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia (Estin Film) and Czech Republic (Film Europe).
Another Round is about a group of high school teachers who embark...
- 9/6/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The story follows a group of high school teachers inspired by a theory that modest intoxication would open our minds to the world around us.
Thomas Vinterberg is reuniting with several key collaborators from his acclaimed 2012 drama The Hunt for new project Druk (the international title is yet to be confirmed) now shooting in Denmark.
He reteams with scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm as well as actors Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Susse Wold.
The other major role in Druk is played by Magnus Millang, who has previously acted in Vinterberg’s Kursk (2018) and The Commune (2016). The cast also...
Thomas Vinterberg is reuniting with several key collaborators from his acclaimed 2012 drama The Hunt for new project Druk (the international title is yet to be confirmed) now shooting in Denmark.
He reteams with scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm as well as actors Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Susse Wold.
The other major role in Druk is played by Magnus Millang, who has previously acted in Vinterberg’s Kursk (2018) and The Commune (2016). The cast also...
- 6/12/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The film premiered at Toronto 2018.
Camilla Strom Henriksen’s Norwegian drama Phoenix, which world premiered at Toronto 2018, has sold to Verve Pictures for the UK and Njutafilms for Sweden.
Michael Werner, CEO at Eyewell, which handles international sales, closed the deal with Colin Burch at Verve, which plans an autumn theatrical release. Eyewell has deals under negotiation with several other territories. The film screens at Efm today at 1445.
Swedish co-producer Annika Hellstrom on Cinenic Film did the deal with Njutafilms, which plans a summer release. Euforia released in Norway in October 2018 to a strong reception.
The $2m (17m Nok) film...
Camilla Strom Henriksen’s Norwegian drama Phoenix, which world premiered at Toronto 2018, has sold to Verve Pictures for the UK and Njutafilms for Sweden.
Michael Werner, CEO at Eyewell, which handles international sales, closed the deal with Colin Burch at Verve, which plans an autumn theatrical release. Eyewell has deals under negotiation with several other territories. The film screens at Efm today at 1445.
Swedish co-producer Annika Hellstrom on Cinenic Film did the deal with Njutafilms, which plans a summer release. Euforia released in Norway in October 2018 to a strong reception.
The $2m (17m Nok) film...
- 2/11/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid) Music Box Films Reviewed for Shockya.com by: Harvey Karten Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen, Screenwriterd: Kim Fupz Aakeson, Pernille Fischer Christensen Cast: Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen, Magnus Krepper, Björn Gustafsson Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/14/18 Opens: November 23, 2018 Pippi Långstrump, Pippi Longstocking as we know her […]
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- 11/16/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"What happens next in the story?" Music Box Films has debuted the official Us trailer for a Swedish-Danish drama titled Becoming Astrid, which first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. The film tells the story of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (author of the world famous Pippi Longstocking series), who grew up in a small town, started working for the local newspaper there, fell in love with the much older editor of that newspaper, gets pregnant with him, and decides to leave him to raise the child on her own. This actually is the true story of Astrid, the film tells it with a great amount of elegance and sensitivity. Alba August stars as Astrid and she's easily the best part of this. The cast includes Björn Gustafsson, Trine Dyrholm, Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, and Henrik Rafaelsen. I first saw this at Berlinale and it's quite a good...
- 10/26/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If our best laid plans are said to often go awry, what happens to the ones we hastily make in desperation? Writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen looks to supply an answer to that very question with her feature debut Phoenix because desperation is all young Jill (Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin) has left. Her fourteenth birthday is just days away and yet she returns home from school to see the beginnings of a celebration abandoned and her mother Astrid (Maria Bonnevie) asleep in bed. Knowing her little brother (Casper Falck-Løvås’ Bo) is on his way, Jill looks to clean up the evidence and/or make excuses so as not to reveal Mom’s depression has completely turned her around from remembering the important things too. It’s seems a tragically all-too familiar act.
What’s interesting is that the truth isn’t quite what Jill believes. Whether or not it’s better or worse,...
What’s interesting is that the truth isn’t quite what Jill believes. Whether or not it’s better or worse,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
’Harry Potter’’s David Yates executive produces.
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
- 9/4/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
’Harry Potter’’s David Yates executive produces.
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
Norwegian writer/director Camilla Strøm Henriksen makes her feature directorial debut with Phoenix, which will have its world premiere in Tiff Discovery on Sept 7.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for the film above.
The drama is about two kids having to grow up too soon because their mother is mentally ill; their father’s visit provides a temporary respite. Yet it’s not a kitchen-sink drama, there are elements of fantasy as seen especially from the daughter’s point of view.
Strøm Henriksen has been a successful actress for many years and...
- 9/4/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Produced by Hummelfilm, ‘Borg vs McEnroe’ star Sverrir Gudnason is amongst the cast.
Haugesund’s industry programme New Nordic Films will kick off with a screening of Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s Norwegian family drama Phoenix (Foniks), which was pitched as a work in progress at the event last year.
Gudny Hummelvoll produces for Hummelfilm, with a cast that features Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin, Casper Falck-Løvås, Maria Bonnevie and Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs McEnroe).
New Nordic Films has also today confirmed the projects for Scandinavian Debut Pitch:
A Foot In The Grave (En amputasjon), dir Simon Tillaas (Nor) Daddy’s Girl, dir...
Haugesund’s industry programme New Nordic Films will kick off with a screening of Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s Norwegian family drama Phoenix (Foniks), which was pitched as a work in progress at the event last year.
Gudny Hummelvoll produces for Hummelfilm, with a cast that features Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin, Casper Falck-Løvås, Maria Bonnevie and Sverrir Gudnason (Borg vs McEnroe).
New Nordic Films has also today confirmed the projects for Scandinavian Debut Pitch:
A Foot In The Grave (En amputasjon), dir Simon Tillaas (Nor) Daddy’s Girl, dir...
- 7/27/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Susanne Bier’s baby snatching drama A Second Chance is finally coming to the United States after Rock Salt Releasing picked up the feature film, which stars Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
The film, which is produced by Zentropa, FilmFyn and Film I Vast, initially premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2014 before being released in Denmark in 2015. However, with the issues surrounding children being separated from their parents front page news in the States, thanks to Donald Trump’s immigration policy, it’s getting a long-awaited theatrical bow in the U.S.
Rock Salt Releasing, the auteur-driven sales and distribution banner set up earlier this year by TriCoast Worldwide, struck the deal with Trustnordisk and it will get its first theatrical run in La in July as well as other selected theaters.
“I was shocked to see such a moving story hadn’t reached the U.S., and...
The film, which is produced by Zentropa, FilmFyn and Film I Vast, initially premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2014 before being released in Denmark in 2015. However, with the issues surrounding children being separated from their parents front page news in the States, thanks to Donald Trump’s immigration policy, it’s getting a long-awaited theatrical bow in the U.S.
Rock Salt Releasing, the auteur-driven sales and distribution banner set up earlier this year by TriCoast Worldwide, struck the deal with Trustnordisk and it will get its first theatrical run in La in July as well as other selected theaters.
“I was shocked to see such a moving story hadn’t reached the U.S., and...
- 6/29/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Music Box Films acquires Astrid Lindgren biopic.
TrustNordisk has announced that Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Berlinale title Becoming Astrid has been sold to Music Box Films for Us distribution.
Other new sales include Spain (Caramel Films), Poland (Aurora Films) and Israel (Shoval Film Production).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony...
TrustNordisk has announced that Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Berlinale title Becoming Astrid has been sold to Music Box Films for Us distribution.
Other new sales include Spain (Caramel Films), Poland (Aurora Films) and Israel (Shoval Film Production).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony...
- 3/13/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Film based on Astrid Lindgren, who would later write Pippi Longstocking books.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, ahead of the drama’s world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala on Wednesday.
Deals have been done for China (Dd Dream), Benelux (September), Baltics (Estin), Russia/Ukraine/Kazakhstan (International Movie Distribution/Capella); and Czech Republic/Slovakia (Cinemart).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August – also an Efp Shooting Star here – as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony and Maria Dahlin produced for Avanti Film, along with Lars G Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden, with funding from the Swedish Film Institute.
Becoming Astrid marks Fischer...
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, ahead of the drama’s world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala on Wednesday.
Deals have been done for China (Dd Dream), Benelux (September), Baltics (Estin), Russia/Ukraine/Kazakhstan (International Movie Distribution/Capella); and Czech Republic/Slovakia (Cinemart).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August – also an Efp Shooting Star here – as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony and Maria Dahlin produced for Avanti Film, along with Lars G Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden, with funding from the Swedish Film Institute.
Becoming Astrid marks Fischer...
- 2/19/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Film based on Astrid Lindgren, who would later write Pippi Longstocking books.
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, ahead of the drama’s world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala on Wednesday.
Deals have been done for China (Dd Dream), Benelux (September), Baltics (Estin), Russia/Ukraine/Kazakhstan (International Movie Distribution/Capella); and Czech Republic/Slovakia (Cinemart).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August – also an Efp Shooting Star here – as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony and Maria Dahlin produced for Avanti Film, along with Lars G Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden, with funding from the Swedish Film Institute.
Becoming Astrid marks Fischer...
TrustNordisk has closed a number of deals on Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, ahead of the drama’s world premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala on Wednesday.
Deals have been done for China (Dd Dream), Benelux (September), Baltics (Estin), Russia/Ukraine/Kazakhstan (International Movie Distribution/Capella); and Czech Republic/Slovakia (Cinemart).
Becoming Astrid stars Alba August – also an Efp Shooting Star here – as a young Astrid Lindgren (who would later write the Pippi Longstocking books), and examines a little-known chapter in the author’s life when she gave birth to her son and had to give him up.
The cast also includes Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie and Henrik Rafaelsen.
Anna Anthony and Maria Dahlin produced for Avanti Film, along with Lars G Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden, with funding from the Swedish Film Institute.
Becoming Astrid marks Fischer...
- 2/19/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Rupert Everett’s The Happy Prince and Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Unga Astrid picked for Berlinale Special.
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Steven Soderbergh, José Padilha
Five more films have joined the main lieups of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15 - 25). A further six films have been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane will get an out of competition world premiere. It stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah and Juno Temple and was reportedly shot on iPhone.
Also premiering out of competition is José Padilha’s true story thriller 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan.
New films from Lav Diaz and Alonso Ruizpalacios will play in competition.
Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince and Becoming Astrid by Pernille Fischer Christensen have been added to the Berlinale Special Gala section.
Read more: Robert Pattinson, Christian Petzold movies join Berlin Film Festival Competition
23 of the 24 titles...
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Steven Soderbergh, José Padilha
Five more films have joined the main lieups of the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15 - 25). A further six films have been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane will get an out of competition world premiere. It stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah and Juno Temple and was reportedly shot on iPhone.
Also premiering out of competition is José Padilha’s true story thriller 7 Days In Entebbe, starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan.
New films from Lav Diaz and Alonso Ruizpalacios will play in competition.
Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde biopic The Happy Prince and Becoming Astrid by Pernille Fischer Christensen have been added to the Berlinale Special Gala section.
Read more: Robert Pattinson, Christian Petzold movies join Berlin Film Festival Competition
23 of the 24 titles...
- 1/22/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Becoming Astrid to chronicle early years of Pippi Longstocking creator.
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, which is shooting now in Göteborg, Stockholm, Berlin and Altenburg.
Alba August = the 23-year-old daughter of Pernilla August and Bille August - stars in the lead role, with co-stars Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper and Maria Bonnevie.
The film is about the early years of famed children’s author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) when she experienced something that was a “combination of both miracle and calamity that came to shape her entire life.”
Kim Fupz Aakeson wrote the script.
Producers are Anna Anthony for Avanti Film and Lars G. Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden in co-production with Film Väst, TV4, Nordisk Film Production Denmark and Dcm, in association with Dr.
The project has support from the Swedish Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg...
TrustNordisk has boarded sales for Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Becoming Astrid, which is shooting now in Göteborg, Stockholm, Berlin and Altenburg.
Alba August = the 23-year-old daughter of Pernilla August and Bille August - stars in the lead role, with co-stars Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper and Maria Bonnevie.
The film is about the early years of famed children’s author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking) when she experienced something that was a “combination of both miracle and calamity that came to shape her entire life.”
Kim Fupz Aakeson wrote the script.
Producers are Anna Anthony for Avanti Film and Lars G. Lindström for Nordisk Film Production Sweden in co-production with Film Väst, TV4, Nordisk Film Production Denmark and Dcm, in association with Dr.
The project has support from the Swedish Film Institute, the Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg...
- 5/15/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
To mark the release of A second Chance on 10th August, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD. Andreas (Coster-Waldau) is a promising young detective, who has a lot on his plate. At home, he and his wife Anne (Maria Bonnevie), struggle with their newborn son, who spends every waking hour crying.
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- 8/20/2015
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Susanne Bier Oscar winner 'In a Better World' director Susanne Bier Susanne Bier, whose In a Better World won the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, is seen above on the 83rd Academy Awards' Red Carpet, just outside the Kodak Theatre. The other 2011 Oscar nominees in the Best Foreign Language Film category were: Rachid Bouchareb's Outside the Law / Hors-la-loi (Algeria). Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful (Mexico). Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (Greece). Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (Canada). As in previous years, several international favorites were left out of the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar competition. Among these were the following: Xavier Beauvois' French Academy César winner Of Gods and Men / Des hommes et des dieux (France). Semih Kaplanoglu's 2010 Berlin Film Festival winner Bal / Honey (Turkey). Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 2010 Cannes Film Festival winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives / Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (Thailand). Prior to In a Better World,...
- 5/16/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
TrustNordisk has closed numerous territories on the new fantasy-adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film has now been sold to Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Polyband Medien GmbH), France (Ab Groupe), China (Hgc Entertainment), Turkey/Cyprus (Ozen Film), Latin America (California Filmes) and Bulgaria (Pro Films Ood).
Previous announced deals include Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.), Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter tells a story of greed and betrayal set in a fantastical world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The film opened in Denmark on March 26, where it has so fare recorded 160,000 admissions.
The Scandinavian cast is led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad and Allan Hyde...
The film has now been sold to Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Polyband Medien GmbH), France (Ab Groupe), China (Hgc Entertainment), Turkey/Cyprus (Ozen Film), Latin America (California Filmes) and Bulgaria (Pro Films Ood).
Previous announced deals include Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.), Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter tells a story of greed and betrayal set in a fantastical world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The film opened in Denmark on March 26, where it has so fare recorded 160,000 admissions.
The Scandinavian cast is led by Peter Plaugborg (The Keeper of Lost Causes), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-Tiki), Søren Malling (A Hijacking), Maria Bonnevie (A Second Chance), Stina Ekblad and Allan Hyde...
- 4/15/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Director: Susanne Bier; Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen; Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie; Running time: 102 mins; Certificate: 15
The kitchen sink bubbles over with a soapy lather in this Danish yarn which benefits greatly from the shadowy lure of Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He lends no small amount of dignity to a cop who makes some very questionable decisions that threaten his career and his family life while director Susanne Bier, who has carved a niche in melodrama with films like Open Hearts, Brothers and In a Better World, makes up for some of her sins, here, with a typically cool aesthetic.
Interesting sociological questions aren't so much raised as rooted out from a massively contrived opening act when police detective Andreas (Coster-Waldau) responds to a domestic disturbance at the flat of a known drug addict and ex-con Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas). This bona fide...
The kitchen sink bubbles over with a soapy lather in this Danish yarn which benefits greatly from the shadowy lure of Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He lends no small amount of dignity to a cop who makes some very questionable decisions that threaten his career and his family life while director Susanne Bier, who has carved a niche in melodrama with films like Open Hearts, Brothers and In a Better World, makes up for some of her sins, here, with a typically cool aesthetic.
Interesting sociological questions aren't so much raised as rooted out from a massively contrived opening act when police detective Andreas (Coster-Waldau) responds to a domestic disturbance at the flat of a known drug addict and ex-con Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas). This bona fide...
- 3/17/2015
- Digital Spy
"A Second Chance" had its U.S. Premiere at the Miami Dade College's Miami International Film Festival last week - Isa: TrustNordisk, U.S. Distribution: None Yet.
Tugging at the audience’s heartstrings is one of Danish director Susanne Bier’s most pronounced talents. By constructing intricate stories that place her characters in extreme moral dilemmas, the director often makes it difficult for the viewer to decide if their actions are rational, justifiable, or a consequence of an uncontrollable emotional outburst. Such fervent ambivalence is rather conspicuous in her latest homegrown drama “A Second Chance,” in which all parties involved seek the vindication the title hints at. But as the plot advances through a series of startling revelations, the shifting nature of the truth shows that the one person who will learn the most from this ordeal is, of course, whom we least expect.
Enjoying a seemingly idyllic life in a gorgeous house by the sea, Andreas (Game of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a police officer, couldn’t ask for much else. His loving wife Anna (Maria Bonnevie) and their baby boy Alexander fill his existence with purpose. This apparent stability at home helps him maintain balance given the stress associated with his career. Ethereal landscapes, sunsets, and sunrises, adorn the visual aesthetic crafted by cinematographer Michael Snyman, which provides a certain melancholic beauty. It enhances the idea of a picture perfect setting, whilst also suggesting there might be bleakness forthcoming.
During a routine raid to a shabby apartment alongside his partner Simon (played by a convincingly distressed Ulrich Thomsen), Andreas recognizes fauxhawk-wearing brute Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), a physically imposing and ruthlessly violent junkie he had dealt with back in Copenhagen. Sanne (May Andersen), Tristan’s girlfriend in turn, also lives in the filthy place and is often forcefully drugged by him to prevent her from leaving. As the officers subdue the delinquents, a baby’s faint cries can be heard coming from a nearby closet. Andreas finds the couple's child, Sofus, covered in his own feces, a sign of the horrendous neglect he’s experienced. Juxtaposed with the exemplary household mentioned above, this image bluntly questions the qualities attached to someone fit to be a parent.
Profoundly affected by such gut-wrenching sight, and evidently thinking of his own son, Andreas urges his superiors to get Sofus away from his revolting parents before things take an even worse turn. Unexpectedly, notwithstanding the child’s appearance, the authorities reveal Sofus is not malnourished or hurt, thus he can’t be removed from Tristan’s grip. Unable to do much more Andreas returns to his family. He shares with Anna the sleepless nights that come with raising a child and the joy of witnessing its development. It’s all mostly ordinary till now, but when tragedy strikes, unthinkably drastic decisions will emerge.
Bouncing between his role as a father and as cop, Coster-Waldau plays Andreas with the utmost internal strength. It’s not unfounded bravado, but well-rounded confidence. He is ready to drag his friend Simon out of the dirt as the latter struggles with personal troubles related to his own son and his ex-wife. He turns to alcohol and women to appease his demons. Obviously Andreas is the more grounded of the two, and this leads one to believe that won’t crumble when confronted with pain. This is an erroneous assumption.
Slowly, Bier and her writing partner, Anders Thomas Jensen (Oscar-winning “In a Better World”), expose the fractured reality that wasn’t visible through the initial curtain of false perfection. Irritable and drained, Anna starts showing signs of an unstable emotional state, to which Andreas responds with patience and compassion. Subtly but effectively Bonnevie conveys Anna's anguish and unpredictable behavior, which eventually scalates aggressively. One morning, an unspeakable nightmare materializes when Anna wakes up and finds their son, Alexander, dead. Impulsively and afraid that Anna will hurt herself facing such terrible truth, Andreas decides to walk into Tristan and Sanne’s apartment to switch Sofus for lifeless Alexander.
The idea is asinine by anyone’s measures. Only a filmmaker like Bier - one who has proven to have a notable ability to explore major themes within ornate premises - would dare to push human drama to such shamelessly unfeasible territory. But as contrived as it all might sound, “A Second Chance” successfully convinces us to suppress our disbelief and to be touched by the protagonist’s Calvary. Once Andreas presents Anna with their new "adopted" baby, a series of rattling plot twist unravel. Meanwhile, Tristan designs an elaborate scheme to dispose of the body and defend his innocence, while Sanne maintains that the deceased boy is not her son.
Gasping at each increasingly more perplexing occurrence is inevitable. Andreas shattered world unfolds before us and his reactions are charged with heartbreaking desperation. Sorrow impairs his judgment. Fortunately, the circumstantial and often far-fetched realizations become palatable because the writers, via their characters, admit that what is taking place is beyond out of the ordinary, even surreal. If there were ever a film that could claim the idea that reality is often stranger than fiction as an inspiration, this would be it. Although somehow predictable, the resolution feels a bit more contrived than the rest of film probably due to its simplicity, but it could be the director’s way to imbue the film with some much needed reassurance.
Offering an array of incredibly riveting performances, Bier delivers a fascinating, if flawed, study on redemption. We as an audience are subconsciously interrogated about our expectations and preconceived notions of what being a “noble citizen” or a “wrongdoer” entail: How do we measure evil? What crimes are more despicable? What are we willing to forgive? Bier’s characters here range from the one-dimensional Tristan, to the marvelously layered Andreas - played superbly by nuanced Coster-Waldau– but they all play a compelling part in the cause-and-effect mechanic that reigns the film. Be prepared to accept that second chances or a personal transformation can come in a mysterious shape. An officer doesn’t have to become a sergeant to become a better person.
“A Second Chance” is an utterly powerful and deeply touching experience. It hits you like a shockwave to the heart with such intensity that is impossible to be indifferent to its stirring questions. Could it be accused of being manipulative? Sure. Does it succeed at being a stimulating and memorable cinematic work despite its shortcomings? Absolutely.
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Tugging at the audience’s heartstrings is one of Danish director Susanne Bier’s most pronounced talents. By constructing intricate stories that place her characters in extreme moral dilemmas, the director often makes it difficult for the viewer to decide if their actions are rational, justifiable, or a consequence of an uncontrollable emotional outburst. Such fervent ambivalence is rather conspicuous in her latest homegrown drama “A Second Chance,” in which all parties involved seek the vindication the title hints at. But as the plot advances through a series of startling revelations, the shifting nature of the truth shows that the one person who will learn the most from this ordeal is, of course, whom we least expect.
Enjoying a seemingly idyllic life in a gorgeous house by the sea, Andreas (Game of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a police officer, couldn’t ask for much else. His loving wife Anna (Maria Bonnevie) and their baby boy Alexander fill his existence with purpose. This apparent stability at home helps him maintain balance given the stress associated with his career. Ethereal landscapes, sunsets, and sunrises, adorn the visual aesthetic crafted by cinematographer Michael Snyman, which provides a certain melancholic beauty. It enhances the idea of a picture perfect setting, whilst also suggesting there might be bleakness forthcoming.
During a routine raid to a shabby apartment alongside his partner Simon (played by a convincingly distressed Ulrich Thomsen), Andreas recognizes fauxhawk-wearing brute Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), a physically imposing and ruthlessly violent junkie he had dealt with back in Copenhagen. Sanne (May Andersen), Tristan’s girlfriend in turn, also lives in the filthy place and is often forcefully drugged by him to prevent her from leaving. As the officers subdue the delinquents, a baby’s faint cries can be heard coming from a nearby closet. Andreas finds the couple's child, Sofus, covered in his own feces, a sign of the horrendous neglect he’s experienced. Juxtaposed with the exemplary household mentioned above, this image bluntly questions the qualities attached to someone fit to be a parent.
Profoundly affected by such gut-wrenching sight, and evidently thinking of his own son, Andreas urges his superiors to get Sofus away from his revolting parents before things take an even worse turn. Unexpectedly, notwithstanding the child’s appearance, the authorities reveal Sofus is not malnourished or hurt, thus he can’t be removed from Tristan’s grip. Unable to do much more Andreas returns to his family. He shares with Anna the sleepless nights that come with raising a child and the joy of witnessing its development. It’s all mostly ordinary till now, but when tragedy strikes, unthinkably drastic decisions will emerge.
Bouncing between his role as a father and as cop, Coster-Waldau plays Andreas with the utmost internal strength. It’s not unfounded bravado, but well-rounded confidence. He is ready to drag his friend Simon out of the dirt as the latter struggles with personal troubles related to his own son and his ex-wife. He turns to alcohol and women to appease his demons. Obviously Andreas is the more grounded of the two, and this leads one to believe that won’t crumble when confronted with pain. This is an erroneous assumption.
Slowly, Bier and her writing partner, Anders Thomas Jensen (Oscar-winning “In a Better World”), expose the fractured reality that wasn’t visible through the initial curtain of false perfection. Irritable and drained, Anna starts showing signs of an unstable emotional state, to which Andreas responds with patience and compassion. Subtly but effectively Bonnevie conveys Anna's anguish and unpredictable behavior, which eventually scalates aggressively. One morning, an unspeakable nightmare materializes when Anna wakes up and finds their son, Alexander, dead. Impulsively and afraid that Anna will hurt herself facing such terrible truth, Andreas decides to walk into Tristan and Sanne’s apartment to switch Sofus for lifeless Alexander.
The idea is asinine by anyone’s measures. Only a filmmaker like Bier - one who has proven to have a notable ability to explore major themes within ornate premises - would dare to push human drama to such shamelessly unfeasible territory. But as contrived as it all might sound, “A Second Chance” successfully convinces us to suppress our disbelief and to be touched by the protagonist’s Calvary. Once Andreas presents Anna with their new "adopted" baby, a series of rattling plot twist unravel. Meanwhile, Tristan designs an elaborate scheme to dispose of the body and defend his innocence, while Sanne maintains that the deceased boy is not her son.
Gasping at each increasingly more perplexing occurrence is inevitable. Andreas shattered world unfolds before us and his reactions are charged with heartbreaking desperation. Sorrow impairs his judgment. Fortunately, the circumstantial and often far-fetched realizations become palatable because the writers, via their characters, admit that what is taking place is beyond out of the ordinary, even surreal. If there were ever a film that could claim the idea that reality is often stranger than fiction as an inspiration, this would be it. Although somehow predictable, the resolution feels a bit more contrived than the rest of film probably due to its simplicity, but it could be the director’s way to imbue the film with some much needed reassurance.
Offering an array of incredibly riveting performances, Bier delivers a fascinating, if flawed, study on redemption. We as an audience are subconsciously interrogated about our expectations and preconceived notions of what being a “noble citizen” or a “wrongdoer” entail: How do we measure evil? What crimes are more despicable? What are we willing to forgive? Bier’s characters here range from the one-dimensional Tristan, to the marvelously layered Andreas - played superbly by nuanced Coster-Waldau– but they all play a compelling part in the cause-and-effect mechanic that reigns the film. Be prepared to accept that second chances or a personal transformation can come in a mysterious shape. An officer doesn’t have to become a sergeant to become a better person.
“A Second Chance” is an utterly powerful and deeply touching experience. It hits you like a shockwave to the heart with such intensity that is impossible to be indifferent to its stirring questions. Could it be accused of being manipulative? Sure. Does it succeed at being a stimulating and memorable cinematic work despite its shortcomings? Absolutely.
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- 3/16/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Title: A Second Chance Director: Susanne Bier Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Bonnevie, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lykke May Anderson Susanne Bier casts Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – of whom we became fond of in ‘Game of Thrones’ – to play a veteran police officer with a wife and new baby, who makes a fateful decision. The Academy Award-winning director, has the magic touch of a puppeteer in directing her actors to authenticity. But this time she has failed in the selection of the script, written by Anders Thomas Jensen. We know from the very beginning what is coming, since we are nurtured along the way by a symmetry of circumstances, with [ Read More ]
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- 3/12/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
I'm not particularly familiar with Danish director Susanne Bier's filmography. Scratch that, I'm actually not at all familiar with Bier's work. Her Oscar-winning film In a Better World is a movie I have heard plenty about but never seen, and the only other film of hers I've even heard of is Serena, Bier's Depression-era drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, which will finally be released on demand tomorrow and in U.S. theaters on March 27 after spending eighteen long months in post-production. But never mind that, for Bier it's on to the next one, as the second trailer for her latest film A Second Chance has recently debuted online. The project, which stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones"), Ulrich Thomsen (The Thing), and Maria Bonnevie(I Am David), debuted at last year's Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reviews, with The Playlist concluding the film contains more than...
- 2/25/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
A Second Chance
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen
Directed by Susanne Bier
Denmark, 2014
Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier’s latest film is an emotionally-charged thriller, centered on a successful police officer who has recently started a family. Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his wife Anna (Maria Bonnevie) are coming to terms with their new lives as parents, struggling to adapt to their baby’s challenging sleeping patterns and find time to spend alone together. However, they are devoted parents who are raising their baby in idyllic circumstances, with absolute financial security and a stunning lakeside home.
Andreas is reminded just how good they have it when he is called to a domestic incident involving a junkie, Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), who he sent to prison on a previous assignment. Tristan’s partner, Sanne (May Andersen), tries to block Andreas from entering their bathroom, but, when he forces his way through, he...
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen
Directed by Susanne Bier
Denmark, 2014
Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier’s latest film is an emotionally-charged thriller, centered on a successful police officer who has recently started a family. Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his wife Anna (Maria Bonnevie) are coming to terms with their new lives as parents, struggling to adapt to their baby’s challenging sleeping patterns and find time to spend alone together. However, they are devoted parents who are raising their baby in idyllic circumstances, with absolute financial security and a stunning lakeside home.
Andreas is reminded just how good they have it when he is called to a domestic incident involving a junkie, Tristan (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), who he sent to prison on a previous assignment. Tristan’s partner, Sanne (May Andersen), tries to block Andreas from entering their bathroom, but, when he forces his way through, he...
- 2/22/2015
- by Rob Dickie
- SoundOnSight
The Kingslayer turns babystealer in the new trailer for Susanne Bier's A Second Chance. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is front and centre in this new Danish melodrama as a policeman who finds himself slipping into an increasingly bleak predicament. There's something about this man and hand injuries that makes you think someone should confiscate his kitchen knives. Click below to take a closer look. brightcove.createExperiences();Coster-Waldau plays clean-cut cop Andreas who has a baby with his wife Anne (Maria Bonnevie) and lives a seemingly enviable existence. Then, on a routine call with his more ragged partner Simon (Ulrich Thomsen), he stumbles upon a heroin addict, his girlfriend and their neglected baby. Unable to call upon social services and on an impulse that will have huge repercussions, he takes the baby home.For Bier, the hope is a return to form after the long-delayed and lukewarmly-received Serena. She's already an Oscar winner,...
- 2/20/2015
- EmpireOnline
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is set to join Shah Rukh Khan as co-host of Got Talent World Stage Live, an extension of Simon Cowell’s Got Talent franchise. The show, to be shot in Mumbai, will feature performances by local and international artists and be broadcast on Colors TV. Chopra has starred in some of the biggest Bollywood hits of all time including Krrish 3, Don 2 and Ra.One. The latter two also starred Srk. According to Bollywood Hungama, the pair might perform together during the Mumbai show on December 6.
Scandinavian genre films remain high on international distributors’ lists as evidenced by activity at the just-wrapped Afm. After selling its Department Q trilogy of thrillers to Sundance Selects in North America, TrustNordisk says it also has closed a number of deals on upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter. Currently in post, the film is based on the book by Lene Kaaberbol,...
Scandinavian genre films remain high on international distributors’ lists as evidenced by activity at the just-wrapped Afm. After selling its Department Q trilogy of thrillers to Sundance Selects in North America, TrustNordisk says it also has closed a number of deals on upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter. Currently in post, the film is based on the book by Lene Kaaberbol,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
TrustNordisk also scores sales to Russia and Eastern Europe.
In the wake of the Afm, TrustNordisk has closed a number of territories on the upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film, currently in post-production, has been sold to Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.) and Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter is set in a world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The cast is led by Peter Plaugborg, Jakob Oftebro, Søren Malling, Maria Bonnevie, Stina Ekblad and True Blood star Allan Hyde.
It is directed by Kenneth Kainzwith screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, writer of Oscar-winner In a Better World.
The film centres on Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability to look into the soul of other...
In the wake of the Afm, TrustNordisk has closed a number of territories on the upcoming fantasy adventure film The Shamer’s Daughter.
The film, currently in post-production, has been sold to Middle East (Gulf Film), Russia/Cis, (Daro Film Distribution), Estonia (EstinFilm), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International Co. Ltd.) and Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam (Rain Film).
Based on the book by Lene Kaaberbøl, whose books have been published in more than 25 countries, The Shamer’s Daughter is set in a world of dragons and supernatural powers.
The cast is led by Peter Plaugborg, Jakob Oftebro, Søren Malling, Maria Bonnevie, Stina Ekblad and True Blood star Allan Hyde.
It is directed by Kenneth Kainzwith screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen, writer of Oscar-winner In a Better World.
The film centres on Dina, who has inherited her mother’s supernatural ability to look into the soul of other...
- 11/13/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other double winners include Theeb, Sivas and In Her Place.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan followed up its recent victory at the London Film Festival by winning the Black Pearl Award at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
As well as claiming the festival’s top prize, actor Alexey Serebryakov won the best actor prize in the narrative competition.
The Russian film, which explores one man’s fight against corruption, debuted at Cannes where it won Best Screenplay.
This year’s Narrative Features jury was led by Mumbai-based actor Irrfan Khan (The Lunchbox, Life of Pi)
The winner of the Black Pearl in the New Horizons category was Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders. The director had been due to attend Adff but had to cancel. Her sister, actress Alba Rohrwacher who plays the matriarch in The Wonders, was in attendance to accept the award.
The winner of the Black Pearl in the Documentary strand was Orlando Von Einsiedel’s [link...
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan followed up its recent victory at the London Film Festival by winning the Black Pearl Award at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
As well as claiming the festival’s top prize, actor Alexey Serebryakov won the best actor prize in the narrative competition.
The Russian film, which explores one man’s fight against corruption, debuted at Cannes where it won Best Screenplay.
This year’s Narrative Features jury was led by Mumbai-based actor Irrfan Khan (The Lunchbox, Life of Pi)
The winner of the Black Pearl in the New Horizons category was Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders. The director had been due to attend Adff but had to cancel. Her sister, actress Alba Rohrwacher who plays the matriarch in The Wonders, was in attendance to accept the award.
The winner of the Black Pearl in the Documentary strand was Orlando Von Einsiedel’s [link...
- 10/31/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Other double winners include Theeb and Sivas.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan followed up its recent victory at the London Film Festival by winning the Black Pearl Award at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
As well as claiming the festival’s top prize, actor Alexey Serebryakov won the best actor prize in the narrative competition.
The ceremony at Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace, where the festival has been based for the past nine days, was followed by the 3D premiere of Disney animation Big Hero 6, which received its world premiere (in 2D) at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival.
Narrative Competition Winners 2014
Black Pearl Award
Leviathan
directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Special Jury Awards
Test
directed by Alexander Kott
Best Actor
Alexey Serebryakov
from the film Leviathan directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best Actress
Maria Bonnevie
from the film A Second Chance directed by Susanne Bier
Best Film from the Arab World
Memories On Stone
directed by [link...
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan followed up its recent victory at the London Film Festival by winning the Black Pearl Award at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
As well as claiming the festival’s top prize, actor Alexey Serebryakov won the best actor prize in the narrative competition.
The ceremony at Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace, where the festival has been based for the past nine days, was followed by the 3D premiere of Disney animation Big Hero 6, which received its world premiere (in 2D) at the recent Tokyo International Film Festival.
Narrative Competition Winners 2014
Black Pearl Award
Leviathan
directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Special Jury Awards
Test
directed by Alexander Kott
Best Actor
Alexey Serebryakov
from the film Leviathan directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Best Actress
Maria Bonnevie
from the film A Second Chance directed by Susanne Bier
Best Film from the Arab World
Memories On Stone
directed by [link...
- 10/31/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Susanne Bier’s Danish drama A Second Chance is heading to Britain and France. French distributor Kmbo and Britain's Vertigo have picked up the latest from the Oscar-winning director from sales outfit TrustNordisk. A Second Chance stars Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster Waldau as a Danish cop who decides to kidnap a child from two junkie parents. Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Maria Bonnevie also star. Bier co-wrote the screenplay to A Second Chance with her long-time collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, the screenwriter on Bier's Oscar winner In a Better World. Read more Zurich Film Festival:
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- 9/25/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Don’t you wish U.S was as generous in supporting its filmmakers as just one country of the entire European Union? The Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), remains the flagship festival of European Film Promotion's (Efp) Film Sales Support (Fss) scheme which is backed by the Media Program (2007 - 2013) of the European Union since 2004.
28 associated sales companies from eight European countries receive financial backing to market their films in Toronto, most important launch pad for North American releases and thriving international sales platform. The amount of a little more than €150,000 in total is being reserved by Efp for Europe's attending sales companies.
Toronto annually screens more than 300 films in early September; those European films, eligible for Fss support, have to run in the festival and need to be available for Canada. Of the 39 supported films, 27 are having their world premiere in Toronto.
Amongst them are François Ozon’s, "The New Girlfriend", Bent Hamer’s, "1001 Grams" and Susanne Bier’s, "A Second Chance," starring Ulrich Thomsen and two of Efp’s former European Shooting Stars, Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
Michael Winterbottom’ s psycho-thriller on the Amanda Knox case, "The Face Of An Angel" sees German actor and former European Shooting Star, Daniel Brühl in a lead role. This UK production premieres at Tiff as well as the French film, "Far From Men" by David Oelhoffen – starring Viggo Mortensen – based on a short story by Albert Camus and "Miss Julie," a European coproduction between Norway, the UK, Ireland and France, directed by Liv Ullmann. "Foreign Body" by Krzysztof Zanussi, a co-production between Poland, Italy and Russia with onetime European Shooting Star Agata Buzek , in a main role also celebrates its premiere at the festival.
28 associated sales companies from eight European countries receive financial backing to market their films in Toronto, most important launch pad for North American releases and thriving international sales platform. The amount of a little more than €150,000 in total is being reserved by Efp for Europe's attending sales companies.
Toronto annually screens more than 300 films in early September; those European films, eligible for Fss support, have to run in the festival and need to be available for Canada. Of the 39 supported films, 27 are having their world premiere in Toronto.
Amongst them are François Ozon’s, "The New Girlfriend", Bent Hamer’s, "1001 Grams" and Susanne Bier’s, "A Second Chance," starring Ulrich Thomsen and two of Efp’s former European Shooting Stars, Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
Michael Winterbottom’ s psycho-thriller on the Amanda Knox case, "The Face Of An Angel" sees German actor and former European Shooting Star, Daniel Brühl in a lead role. This UK production premieres at Tiff as well as the French film, "Far From Men" by David Oelhoffen – starring Viggo Mortensen – based on a short story by Albert Camus and "Miss Julie," a European coproduction between Norway, the UK, Ireland and France, directed by Liv Ullmann. "Foreign Body" by Krzysztof Zanussi, a co-production between Poland, Italy and Russia with onetime European Shooting Star Agata Buzek , in a main role also celebrates its premiere at the festival.
- 9/7/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Tiff Review: Susanne Bier’s 'A Second Chance' Featuring ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The whirlwind of festival scheduling can, at times, align the most unexpectedly parallel screenings back-to-back. This is what happened today, when we saw one Danish female filmmaker’s new film and followed it with another Danish female filmmaker’s new film. Lone Schrefig dug into dark British tradition with “The Riot Club," a rather flat and forgettable film (read our review here.) Susanne Bier’s “A Second Chance” keeps her film firmly fastened to contemporary Denmark, and while it’s not as apparently flaccid as her countrywoman’s movie, it’s not exactly riveting either, even with its tantalizingly promising premise. This story about ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances keeps its focus on detective Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) all the way through. At home, he spends time soothing his overwrought wife Anne (Maria Bonnevie), who is feeling the pangs of motherhood with their young baby boy Alexander. At work, his...
- 9/7/2014
- by Nikola Grozdanovic
- The Playlist
As we look in the rearview mirror of the summer blockbusters, September heralds the start of the fall movie season. Filled with Hollywood heavyweights and A-listers, here’s our Big list of the most anticipated movies coming to cinemas this autumn and during the holidays.
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.
Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.
We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.
Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...
- 8/29/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s 1997 directorial debut, Insomnia is a prescient prototype of what would now be termed Nordic Noir in today’s global film market. At the time of its release, it was one of the first Norwegian films of international note in quite some time, with Skjoldbjaerg joining the ranks of other notable newcomers like Pal Sleutane and Bent Hamer. An inverted film noir, utilizing light instead of shadow, there’s a cold blankness to the film, making it a sort of waking nightmare. When all is visible, there’s no place to hide, forcing the film’s protagonist into internalized retreat, escaping into himself. Too much light engages a similar sort of madness as the eternal shadows.
The murder of a teenage girl opens the film, shot on grainy super 8 while we witness the killer cleaning up the act. To investigate, a Swedish police officer stationed in Oslo, Jonas...
The murder of a teenage girl opens the film, shot on grainy super 8 while we witness the killer cleaning up the act. To investigate, a Swedish police officer stationed in Oslo, Jonas...
- 7/29/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A new film from Susanne Bier is always something to look forward to, but it's a little surprising the film chosen to have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival is A Second Chance (En chance til) and not Serena as this is now Bier's second film to be released since Serena (which stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper) completed filming. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones") and Ulrich Thomsen, Second Chance asks How far are decent human beings willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjustc Written by Bier's frequent screenwriting collaborator, Anders Thomas Jensen (In a Better World), this drama is about how easily we lose our grasp on justice when confronted with the unthinkable, and life as we know it hangs by a thread. Maria Bonnevie, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Lykke May Andersen co-star. Check out the trailer below. sb id="963485" height...
- 7/22/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 39th Toronto International Film Festival has announced its initial slate of galas and special presentations, which includes 37 world premieres and several films with Oscar ambitions. The Judge, which stars Robert Downey Jr. as a big-city lawyer who reluctantly returns home and ends up defending his revered father (Robert Duvall) against criminal charges, will have its world premiere in Toronto. His Avengers pal, Chris Evans, will unveil his own directorial debut in Toronto, titled Before We Go.
Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini’s final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere,...
Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini’s final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere,...
- 7/22/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
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