Aftermath ( Lad de små børn )

Aftermath (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Lad de små børn
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Paprika Steen

Written By:
Paprika Steen
Kim Fupz Aakeson

Actors:
Sofie Gråbøl ..... Britt
Michael Birkkjær ..... Claes
Søren Pilmark ..... Nisse
Lena Endre ..... Vivi
Karen-Lise Mynster ..... Anette
Laura Christensen ..... Malene
Lars Brygmann ..... Chef
Melina Nordmark Nielsen ..... Camille
Carsten Bjørnlund ..... Ulrik
Sarah Secher Ernst ..... Praktikant
Lars Ranthe ..... Bilsælger
Hans Henrik Clemensen ..... Anettes 1. date
Henrik Birch ..... Anettes 2. date
Mikkel Vadsholt ..... Fyr i videobutik
Mogens Rex ..... Medarbejder ejendomsmægler

Synopsis:

Most will know Paprika Steen from "Festen", but as one of Denmark's best actresses, she also appeared in minor roles in "The Idiots", "Mifune's Last Song" and "Dancer in the Dark". "Aftermath" is her directorial debut, and while she displays some insecurity in the mise-en-scene and handling male characters, her direction of female characters is very involved, especially the direction of Sofie, who gives the best female performance of the year.
It is also easy the best edited Danish film of the year, by Anne Østerud, who is the regular editor of Danish auteur genius Nicolas Winding Refn.

The key person here seems to be writer Kim Fupz Akkeson, who also wrote "Minor mishaps", where the children of a recently deceased father return home to deal with his death, and starring Paprika Steen, and "In your hands", where faith and crime are the themes. In "Aftermath", it is the death of a child that is the catalyst. Britt (Sofie Gråbøl) and Claes (Michael Birkkjær) have recently lost their daughter in a traffic accident. Contra to the accidental, a middle-aged miss lonely heart and real estate seller (Karen-Lise Mynster), they know her, she doesn't know them. While Britt have taken some months of work to grief, Claes works thru. Yet their grief remains and affects their ways. Britt begins to work again, and begins to "mother" a neglected child, Claes grows angry and plays with the idea of killing the woman who killed their daughter.

Central for all characters in "Aftermath" is, that they are lonely and have empty lives. Britt and Claes are so due to the loss of their daughter and the inability to get to terms with it, their friends, Nisse and Vivi, are so because they have everything and never really did anything to get it, and Anette is so, because she is and always will be a spinster...

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 June, 2007.

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