Above the Street, Below the Water ( Over gaden under vandet )

Above the Street, Below the Water (DVD) (*)

$32.99

Original Title: Over gaden under vandet
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Charlotte Sieling

Written By:
Yaba Holst
Charlotte Sieling

Actors:
Sidse Babett Knudsen ..... Anne
Mohammed Al-Bakier ..... Fadi
Anders W. Berthelsen ..... Bjørn
Nicolas Bro ..... Ask
Casper Crump ..... Dan
Emil Poulsen ..... Anton
Charlotte Fich ..... Teaterspeaker
Rosa K. Frederiksen ..... Bedste
Tina Gylling Mortensen ..... Skrædder
Susanne Hacke ..... Kvinde
Rasmus Hammerich ..... Havnefoged
Gyda Hansen ..... Sekretær
Mads Duelund ..... Gustav
Fransisca Hidle ..... Dorrit
Ellen Hillingsø ..... Bente

Synopsis:

Ask is married to Anne, and they have everything you could ever want. Good careers, lovely children, an apartment in a fashionable area of Denmark, and each other. Everything appears to be just as it should be in a modern family faced with juggling work schedules, child rearing, and not least of all love. But one morning, Anne learns that Ask wants to take a break. Why? Is he seeing another woman? It's a choice that affects everybody around them. Above the Street below the Water is a film about the adult generation of today. A generation for whom everything is possible and only the imagination sets the limits for what you can desire. But all choices have consequences...

Action unfolds over 24 hours within the scenic confines of Copenhagen's trendy Christianhavn neighborhood, where three couples turn out to be increasingly interconnected. Actress Anne (Sidse Babett Knudsen, as another selfish, self-dramatizing man-eater) and her long-suffering husband, Ask (Nicolas Bro), are clients of kayaking marriage therapist Charlotte (Ellen Nyman). Charlotte is the much younger wife of theater director Carl (Norwegian thesp Nils Ole Oftebro), who, for reasons left unexplained, craves sex with strangers. Anne is about to learn that Ask is having an affair with drama critic Bente (Ellen Hillingso), whose charming but drunken ex-hubby, Bjorn (Anders W. Berthelsen, who can play this kind of role in his sleep) has illegally parked his barge in the canal under Charlotte's window. Meanwhile, as the adults express their angst, their good-looking offspring (Lea Maria Heyer Stensnares, Mads Duelund Hansen) have problems of their own. The ludicrous finale calls to mind Us magazine's regular feature "Who Wore It Best?," with Anne, Charlotte and Bente all sporting the same red dress for the opening of "Hamlet," where, even more incongruously, Anne is cast against age as Ophelia. Locals may see the pic as a comic commentary on the country's incestuously small arts community, but foreigners will likely enjoy it most for the gorgeous views of the capital's canal-lined inner city, lovingly shot in widescreen by ace lenser Jorgen Johansson ("Terribly Happy," "Flame and Citron"). Shown by night as a twinkling jewel in the firmament of the harbor front, the new Copenhagen Royal Theater seems more beautiful here than any of the actresses. Other tech credits meet the usual high Danish standards, with composer Thomas Hass Christensen's jazzy score striking an appropriate mood. Pic's title comes from the actual name of a Christianhavn street.

Ask and Anne seem to have the perfect marriage, but one day during couples' therapy, Ask reveals that he wants a break from their relationship. As the next 24 hours unfolds, Anne watches as the world crumbles around her.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 26 February, 2013.

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