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GRADE: B- | Kirsti Eline Torhaug and Ole Lemmeke |
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Enjoyably portentous Danish film has an infectious disease specialist traveling to Romania to get to the bottom of what looks to be an outbreak of a virus with Ebola-like effects on its patients. I won't spoil the surprise by detailing what he finds, except to note that it has something to do with the new millennium, and that because Udo Kier is involved, it's unlikely that things end well. This is fairly similar in tone and structure to Lars von Trier's The Kingdom (Riget), although nowhere near as weird and accomplished. Up until the delirious final reel, it's as restrained (and nearly as conventional) as any 1970s Hollywood police drama -- and then all hell breaks loose. Ole Lemmeke and Kirsti Eline Torhaug make a good impression in the lead roles, and director Anders Rønnow-Klarlund makes the most out of very little throughout. If the result is still little more than a diversion, it will be interesting to see what he comes up with next. | |
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Directed by Anders Rønnow-Klarlund Written by Rønnow-Klarlund and Ola Saltin Cinematography by Eigil Bryld Starring Ole Lemmeke, Kirsti Eline Torhaug, and Udo Kier Denmark, 1999
Theatrical aspect ratio: 1.85:1
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