Bang Bang Orangutang

Bang Bang Orangutang (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Simon Staho

Written By:
Simon Staho
Peter Asmussen

Actors:
Mikael Persbrandt ..... Åke
Lena Olin ..... Nina
Tuva Novotny ..... Linda
Mimmi Benckert-Claesson ..... Emma
Michael Nyqvist ..... Sven Blomberg
Reine Brynolfsson ..... Åke's Boss
Jonas Karlsson ..... Mats
Börje Ahlstedt ..... Åke's Father
Mona Malm ..... Åke's Mother
Shanti Roney ..... Martin
Fares Fares ..... Patrik
Leif Andrée ..... Policeman
Maria Gruber ..... Oscar
Michael Engberg
Oliver Martinsson

Synopsis:

The outlandishly exaggerated opening sequence has power-drunk middle-aged businessman Ake (Persbrandt) ignoring the pleas of a man he just fired to put him back on the payroll. But what looks like a setup for a satire on modern business quickly changes when Ake, who is trying to drive and talk on his cell phone making a big money deal at the same time, hits and kills his youngest son in his driveway.
Within the space of 20 minutes, Ake losses his wife Nina (Lena Olin) and child Emma (cute tot Mimmi Benckert Claesson), the support of the rest of his family, and his job. He starts work as a cab driver, sleeping in his taxi outside his old house and picking up and having sex with younger Linda (Tuva Novotny). Much of the remainder of the film displays the humiliations to which Linda, and the script, subject Ake. There is an uneasy sense that the script is reveling in his punishment a little too much. The only moments of brief redemption come in pic's best, quietest moments -- the nuanced late night conversations between Ake and Emma, which range from truly tender to outrageously comic.

An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 November, 2006.

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