The read
A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10.
Synopsis
Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s, Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. In this both exhilarating and angst-provoking period for him, Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry. Frequently, he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him. He encounters trade union disputes, falls in love and experiences self-assured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment. The film is a drama full of comedy - a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision.
Ratings
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacob ThuesenDirector
- Lars von TrierScreenplay
- Vincent D'HondtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jonatan SpangErik Nietzsche
- David DencikZelko
- Søren PilmarkMads
- Søren MallingHans Jørgen
- Dejan ČukićSelkoff
- Troels LybyBent
- Carl Martin NorénGöran
- Therese DamsgaardKarin
- Mille LehfeldtMargrethe
- Line Bie RosenstjerneAnna
- Malin Brolin-TaniStine
- Lars von TrierNarrator (voice)
