The read
It runs long at 7h 42m.
Synopsis
The Wake is the title of a large-scale multimedia project, the main element of which is an eight-hour long silent movie. The film is based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (London 1939), a limit-transgressing, perhaps even limit-dissolving book that not only transgresses the limits of what literature is and is capable of, but inscribes transgressions on almost all conceivable levels. It is at the same time dream book, history book and necrology. It is almost impossible to determine whether we are dealing with a long poem, a prose narrative or a piece of drama.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Christian LemmerzDirector
- Michael KviumDirector
Cast
- Claus ChristensenThe Father
- Niels Olaf GudmeThe Father
- Sarah BobergThe Mother
- Elina LöwensohnThe Mother
- Rikke Louise AnderssonThe Daughter
- Hildigunn EyðfinsdóttirThe Daughter
- Thomas Bo LarsenOne of the Sons
- Sonny TronborgOne of the Sons
- John FreyOne of the Sons
- Philippe RichardOne of the Sons
- Merete NørgaardThe Maid
- Mark DuranPorn Actor
Themes
novel