Director:
Pernille Fischer Christensen
Run Time: 100 minutes
Country: DENMARK
Year: 2008
Pernille Fischer Christensen
Run Time: 100 minutes
Country: DENMARK
Year: 2008
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Dancers (Dansen)
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Annika, a not-so-young but striking dance instructor, has always worked at the dance studio founded by her grandfather and maintained by her widowed mother. The rhythmic routine of the waltz has characterized her life until a power outage at the studio introduces her to hulking electrician Lasse. When Annika asks Lasse to moonlight in her apartment, she unabashedly makes known her affections for the brooding repairman. Though Lasse is resistant—he just got out of jail, he says, for fraud—Annika persists, and the unlikely match begin a passionate affair, which brings her mother to ask "How does one love someone like that?" Yet, something still seems to be holding Lasse back, and Annika soon learns that there may be more to Lasse’s past than she is fully aware. Ultimately, with a disapproving mother and a recently floundering career, Annika must contemplate the power of guilt and her ability to forgive in the face of love. Astute acting and a devastatingly sincere narrative make for a powerful sophomore effort by Pernille Fischer Christensen in DANCERS. (In Danish with English subtitles) – E.J.B.
| Sidebars | Scandinavian Screenings |
| Producer | Meta Louise Foldager |
| Screenplay | Pernille Fischer Christensen, Kim Fupz Aakeson |
| Cinematography | Sebastian Blenkov |
| Editing | Åsa Mossberg |
| Music | Adam Nordén |
| Principal Cast | Trine Dyrholm, Birthe Neumann, Anders W. Berthelsen |
| Director Bio | After directing several highly successful short films, Danish-born filmmaker Pernille Fischer Christensen debuted her first feature film, “A Soap,” at the Berlin International Film Festival to international acclaim. DANCERS is her second feature film. |
| Select Filmography | ”A Soap” (2006), DANCERS (2008) |
| Print Source |
Danish Film Institute Christian Juhl Lemche christianjl@dfi.dk www.dfi.dk |
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