Possessed (1999) ( Besat )

Possessed (1999) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Besat
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Anders Rønnow Klarlund

Written By:
Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Ola Saltin

Actors:
Ole Lemmeke ..... Søren
Kirsti Eline Torhaug ..... Sarah
Ole Ernst ..... Bentzon
Niels Anders Thorn ..... Jensen
Jesper Langberg ..... Lyndfelt
Valentin Popescu ..... Drengens Far
Claudiu Istodor ..... Dr. Angelson
Bjarne Henriksen ..... Astronomen
Malene Christian ..... Lotte
Preben Friis ..... Tom
Nikolaj Lie Kaas ..... Morten
Claus Flygare ..... Læge
Claus Strandberg ..... Iversen
Iben Hjejle ..... Berit
Michelle Bjørn-Andersen ..... Merete

Synopsis:

In this slick Danish thriller, a mysterious traveler arrives at the Copenhagen airport and the city is soon thrown into darkness. When the lights are turned back on, the stranger is rushed to a hospital suffering from bizarre Ebola-like symptoms. Soren (Ole Lemmeke), an ambitious junior virologist, is convinced that these symptoms portend an epidemic, and he risks his job to go to the apparent source of the disease: the backwaters of Romania. Accompanied by his medical student girlfriend (Kirsti Eline Torhaug), he searches Europe's impoverished netherworld hoping to gain the secret of the virus, and he soon becomes involved in grave-robbing and murder. Meanwhile, Interpol is pursuing occultist Vincent Monreau (played by the incomparably weird Udo Kier), who reportedly is responsible for firebombing a hospital in Bucharest and who appears to have some dark connection to the disease-stricken stranger. Monreau is convinced that the virus is of supernatural origins, presaged by the appearance of Stella Mala, a supernova supposed to appear at the beginning of Armageddon. Soon Soren's faith in reason is shattered when he is confronted by a plague that cannot be comprehended through science. In a similar vein to Lars von Trier's The Kingdom (1994), director Anders Ronnow-Klarlund uses disease as a metaphor for how the irrational and uncanny seep through the cracks of the ultra-modern societies of late 20th century Europe. This film was screened at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.

When a killer virus is discovered in a patient at a Copenhagen hospital, resident doctor Soren sets about tracing the roots of this mysterious pathogen. Undeterred by the discouragment of his fellow doctors and girlfriend, Soren becomes consumed by his investigation. It becomes clear, though, that the virus is more supernatural than natural, and as an evil supernova looms on the horizon, Soren's girlfriend becomes the next victim to fall under the spell of the virus/spirit.

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