A Danish Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.
Just fantastic.
A wonderfully raw film dealing with a crossing point in two couple's lives. It has naturalistic dialogue and the shooting brings the viewer right in to the action. Deftly crafted and very emotive (what would you do if you were Cecilie?) with fantastic acting.
All of the characters seem very three dimensional with a lack of simple moral definitions - there are no "good" or "bad" people, just people trying to decide whether or not to follow their hearts. The depiction of a paraplegic as someone who canbe nasty and spiteful, as well as full of humour and honour struck me as very unusual. Mads Mikkelson is incredibly strong as a man drawn in to an affair - he plays the role with a very light touch, never wringing emotions out of the role, more being than acting. I can see now that he was greatly underused in Casino Royale. Sonja Richter (looking like a young Michaela Strachan here) is perfect as the emotionally wrecked fiancee, torn between with her emotions and her loyalty.
The fact that it is a Dogme film adds to it greatly without being obvious - you do not feel that anything is missing from the scenery, lighting or props.
Just a perfect story of imperfect people.
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