I'm not the expert in cinema criticism but this movie deserves to be reviewed and recommended.
The story is not original; by every minute of the movie you can already guess what is happening next. Story basically portrays a world famous singer Tom, who lived life as he wishes not as someone else would have wished him to live. Drugs, marriages, fame, art, money, kid - it's his luggage. He comes home to record an album and he is forced to meet his estranged daughter. From this moment when you see a small boy with her, the absence of any relations between them and the bleeding nose of young woman you get – she is junkie, something will happen and kid will stay with Tom. And so it is, the woman leaves her luggage to a person who doesn't see the world around, he creates it. Music is his world and there is no place for humans or feelings.
The only creature without luggage is Noa, the little boy who has questions and gets very blunt answers. The scenes where Tom and Noa have small conversations about mother, about drugs, about Noa's future are hard to watch. The man has no idea how to lie or to make truth sound better. The boy collects his luggage within few weeks with Tom and is almost left to live life without anyone behind his back. But yeah, there's a tiny happy end.
The movie is very cold, with very few sentimental moments. It's torturing as you are forced to watch how main character is dealing with decision he has to make – to live as he used to or to let in Noa in his life. You literally can imagine what is the face of agony of decision because Mikael Persbrandt's acting makes you believe every bit of it. His performance makes this familiar story a truly impressive movie.
The movie also contains a great soundtrack and very sincere performances by Mikael Persbrandt and Trine Dyrholm. Their duo perfoms ballads in the studio and they are just mesmerizing. You can find these songs in the new album of young musician Tina Dico.
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