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Halfdan E.Acteurs·trices:
Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Beate Bille, Charlotte Fich, Thomas Voss, Michael Moritzen, Vivian Nielsen, Mads Wille, Jan Meyer (plus)Résumés(1)
Fifty-two-year-old Carsten (Jesper Christensen) is a popular, much-respected high school teacher. He is married to Nina (Pernille August); they have a son, Tobias. Carsten is having an affair with a former student, Pil (Beate Bille), who is an extreme left wing activist. One night Pil is part of a raid that goes wrong and a policeman is killed. Pil and two other activists are arrested. Carsten’s affair is revealed and he leaves his stunned wife, Nina, to devote all his resources to supporting Pil. But a policeman is dead, two families are destroyed and guilt begins to grow slowly but surely… (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (3)
Manslaughter is not a fun and certainly not a pleasant film. It is cold and almost Scandinavian austere. It is not even brilliantly shot, the acting performances or the directing are not what would make this work stand out in film history. The script could have also been improved, as I can imagine that this topic could have been addressed in greater depth. On the other hand, Manslaughter is thematically a very impressive drama as a confrontation of guilt, responsibility, and ideals. The film combines the motif of a typical midlife crisis of a man who seeks escape from a fading marital relationship to a young attractive girl, as well as the motif of political engagement, where social protest and provocation lead to the death of an intervening police officer. It turns out that the responsibility for saving the world does not necessarily equal responsibility for one's own actions and failures. Overall impression: 75%. I had a bit of a problem identifying with the actions of the film characters - not so much with the main protagonist and his chosen one, but rather with their surroundings. The callously kicked-out wife and similarly pushed-away friend show too much tolerance for a selfish person who subordinates everything to his feelings
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Le cinéma danois est magique. Je ne me souviens pas qu’un film danois m’ait déjà contrarié, déçu ou ennuyé. Les Danois savent s’y prendre et pas qu’un peu ! Drabet ne fait que le confirmer, mais c’est Susanne Bier qui est en en tête du peloton.
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Properly gloomy Denmark, starring a perfect Jesper Christensen portraying a character who messes up his own life so bad that nothing can save him. It has the right kind of depressing atmosphere, but unfortunately an unremarkable ending. Otherwise, I would’ve given it the full number of stars.
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