The Ape
(Apan)
Year: 2009
Country:
SWEDEN
Run Time:
81 minutes
Krister wakes up one morning on his bathroom floor, covered in blood. Dazed and confused, he washes up and makes his way to his job as a driving instructor. As his day unfolds, his nerves begin to unravel. Though he seems to become gradually more distressed, he retains a poker-faced, almost desperately calm demeanor. Director Jesper Ganslandt's camera remains tightly focused on Krister's balding head, his bluetooth permanently attached, as he struggles to maintain some semblance of normalcy. Is Krister a criminal? Is he delusional? Perhaps he's nothing more than a murderous animal, an ape. Or could he be the prototype of an arrogant modern man, half human, half machine? In the course of shooting THE APE, actor Olle Sarri was led from scene to scene with no background information to help him understand his character. Thus director Ganslandt takes the viewer on an unusual journey, asking each of us to piece together our own meaning of the information provided. It's the story of a series of untidy events – just like in real life. (In Swedish with subtitles) – B.B.
CIFF34 Screenings
Tower City Cinemas
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- This screening is on Stand By.
Screenplay
Jesper Ganslandt
Director
Jesper Ganslandt
Filmography
"Falkenberg Farewell" (2006) – 30th CIFF, "The Film I'm No Longer Talking About" (2009), THE APE (2009)
Producer
Jesper Kurlandsky
Cinematography
Fredrik Wenzel
Editing
Jesper Ganslandt
Principal Cast
Olle Sarri, Francois Joyce, Sean Pietrulewicz, Niclas Gillis, Eva Rexed, Samuel Haus
Swedish Film Institute
Gunnar Almer
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