Whether intended as a satire of bourgeois hypocrisy or not this tale of boorish nihilists announced von Trier as a consummate provocateur
Lars von Trier’s film from 1998 is re-released as part of the ongoing retrospective dedicated to this director, a film pioneeringly shot on digital video according to the minimalist guidelines of the Dogme 95 collective, which undoubtedly helped create an affordability-revolution in indie film-making. After a quarter of a century, The Idiots looks as cheerfully shallow, smug and manipulative as anything he has ever done, yet revisiting this needlingly insistent and epically tiresome film does bring into focus the way in which the debate around disability representation has changed, and also the subversive prank aesthetic that has to some degree governed the entire career of this unique film-maker.
The Idiots is about people playing tricks, gigglingly pretending to have cerebral palsy or some form of learning disability in order...
Lars von Trier’s film from 1998 is re-released as part of the ongoing retrospective dedicated to this director, a film pioneeringly shot on digital video according to the minimalist guidelines of the Dogme 95 collective, which undoubtedly helped create an affordability-revolution in indie film-making. After a quarter of a century, The Idiots looks as cheerfully shallow, smug and manipulative as anything he has ever done, yet revisiting this needlingly insistent and epically tiresome film does bring into focus the way in which the debate around disability representation has changed, and also the subversive prank aesthetic that has to some degree governed the entire career of this unique film-maker.
The Idiots is about people playing tricks, gigglingly pretending to have cerebral palsy or some form of learning disability in order...
- 8/16/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Lars von Trier founded the Dogme 95 movement alongside Thomas Vinterberg in the 1990s as a stripped-down, chaste approach to filmmaking — chaste, at least, on visual terms, as there is never anything chaste about a movie from the director of “Breaking the Waves,” “Antichrist,” and “The House That Jack Built.”
But in reality, von Trier only actually made one movie that adhered to Dogme 95’s criteria: including all shooting done on location, no props or sets brought in, diegetic sound and natural light only, and no credits for the filmmaker. That film was 1998’s Danish comedy-drama “The Idiots,” which upon release at the Cannes Film Festival provoked a firestorm of fiercely divided reactions for its fictionalized treatment of disability. Now, independent film distributor and streaming platform Mubi will re-release the film, restored and uncut, on June 16 theatrically at the Metrograph before it hits streaming on July 7. Watch the trailer for the new restoration,...
But in reality, von Trier only actually made one movie that adhered to Dogme 95’s criteria: including all shooting done on location, no props or sets brought in, diegetic sound and natural light only, and no credits for the filmmaker. That film was 1998’s Danish comedy-drama “The Idiots,” which upon release at the Cannes Film Festival provoked a firestorm of fiercely divided reactions for its fictionalized treatment of disability. Now, independent film distributor and streaming platform Mubi will re-release the film, restored and uncut, on June 16 theatrically at the Metrograph before it hits streaming on July 7. Watch the trailer for the new restoration,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Netflix has set the launch date for “Borgen – Power & Glory,” the new version of the hit Danish political drama, for April 14 across the Nordics and on June 2 in the rest of the world.
Directed by Per Fly, “Borgen – Power & Glory” brings back Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) who has just been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs when a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland. The event sparks an international struggle for power in the Arctic.
“The series deals with some of the biggest political issues of our time, as well the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic – and not least, the climate crisis,” said Netflix, which described “Power & Glory” as “a stand-alone continuation of the previous seasons of ‘Borgen.'”
The streamer added that “the main story focuses on the struggle for power and what power does to...
Directed by Per Fly, “Borgen – Power & Glory” brings back Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) who has just been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs when a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland. The event sparks an international struggle for power in the Arctic.
“The series deals with some of the biggest political issues of our time, as well the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic – and not least, the climate crisis,” said Netflix, which described “Power & Glory” as “a stand-alone continuation of the previous seasons of ‘Borgen.'”
The streamer added that “the main story focuses on the struggle for power and what power does to...
- 3/15/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Borgen – Power & Glory, a fresh continuation of hit Danish political drama Borgen, has been set for release on Netflix April 14 in the Nordic markets and June 2 in the rest of the world. Netflix has also dropped first-look photos (see above and below).
From creator/writer and executive producer Adam Price, Borgen – Power & Glory again follows Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), her staff and the media tasked with covering her, this time in her role as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The series tackles major political issues including the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic — and not least, the climate crisis.
When a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland, it marks the beginning of an international struggle for power in the Arctic, and one in which Nyborg must repeatedly accept that despite Denmark’s ‘big brother’ relationship with Greenland, when...
From creator/writer and executive producer Adam Price, Borgen – Power & Glory again follows Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), her staff and the media tasked with covering her, this time in her role as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The series tackles major political issues including the relevance of the Danish Realm in the modern world, the superpowers’ battle for control of the Arctic — and not least, the climate crisis.
When a drilling company suddenly discovers oil in Greenland, it marks the beginning of an international struggle for power in the Arctic, and one in which Nyborg must repeatedly accept that despite Denmark’s ‘big brother’ relationship with Greenland, when...
- 3/15/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“I’m sick of stories about frustrated couples who rip each other apart and explore their sexuality to escape boredom,” says Lisa (Nina Hoss) in My Little Sister. While there is plenty of frustration, and some sex, in Switzerland’s International Feature Film Oscar entry, this is not that story. It’s the tender tale of theatrical German twins brought closer by cancer.
Sven (Lars Eidinger) is a flamboyant stage star in Berlin, suffering from a rare cancer. His playwright sister Lisa lives in Switzerland with her husband, Martin (Jens Albinus) and their children. Lisa returns to Berlin to look after Sven, eventually bringing him to her home, where Martin seems to regard his illness as an irritation that’s interfering with his career.
As we spend more time with Martin and Lisa, the film veers towards troubled-couple territory, and the focus feels as split as Lisa herself. While it may be the intention,...
Sven (Lars Eidinger) is a flamboyant stage star in Berlin, suffering from a rare cancer. His playwright sister Lisa lives in Switzerland with her husband, Martin (Jens Albinus) and their children. Lisa returns to Berlin to look after Sven, eventually bringing him to her home, where Martin seems to regard his illness as an irritation that’s interfering with his career.
As we spend more time with Martin and Lisa, the film veers towards troubled-couple territory, and the focus feels as split as Lisa herself. While it may be the intention,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) Film Movement Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Directors: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond Writers: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond Cast: Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier, Linne-Lu Lungershausen, Noah Tscharland Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 12/22/20 Opens: January 5, 2021 The song […]
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- 1/24/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Now TV Hires Former Universal Exec
Now TV has hired former Universal Pictures International and TWC exec Jamie Schwartz as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. He will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of Now TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial and in-product merchandising. Schwartz was most recently EVP of Marketing for Focus Features and before that worked at TWC and Momentum.
Cast Set For Netflix & Dr’s Borgen
In April Netflix and Dr, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, announced that the hit series Borgen was returning, reuniting creator Adam Price with lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen (Birgitte Nyborg) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Katrine Fønsmark). Today, additional cast was announced, including Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Returning from the...
Now TV has hired former Universal Pictures International and TWC exec Jamie Schwartz as Director of Brand, Marketing and Merchandising. He will report into Marina Storti, Managing Director of Now TV, and will be responsible for core brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy and campaigns, media planning, as well as PR, social, editorial and in-product merchandising. Schwartz was most recently EVP of Marketing for Focus Features and before that worked at TWC and Momentum.
Cast Set For Netflix & Dr’s Borgen
In April Netflix and Dr, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, announced that the hit series Borgen was returning, reuniting creator Adam Price with lead actresses Sidse Babett Knudsen (Birgitte Nyborg) and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Katrine Fønsmark). Today, additional cast was announced, including Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, along with Özlem Saglanmak, Simon Bennebjerg, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Magnus Millang. Returning from the...
- 1/11/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
"I have to take care of you." Vega Distribution has revealed the official trailer for a Swiss-German indie drama titled My Little Sister, originally known as Schwesterlein in German. This first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and played at a few other festivals before opening first in Germany in October. Lisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother Sven falls ill with leukaemia, she returns to Berlin to help him. "Brother and sister, Berlin and Switzerland, life and theatre, sickness and health." An emotional and heartfelt drama about siblings and sickness. Starring Nina Hoss & Lars Eidinger as Lisa & Sven, along with Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier, Linne-Lu Lungershausen, and Noah Tscharland. It's a tough film to watch but it's still endearing and sincere.
- 12/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The American Film Institute (AFI) has today announced the full lineup of this year’s AFI Fest, including the World Cinema, New Auteurs, and Documentary sections. These titles, including buzzy festival features like “I Carry You with Me,” “Shadow in the Cloud,” “Jumbo,” “Farewell Amor,” “Wander Darkly,” “Tragic Jungle,” “Sound of Metal,” “Wolfwalkers,” “New Order,” and “Hopper/Welles,” join previously announced films, including Julia Hart’s “I’m Your Woman,” which will open the festival, and Errol Morris’ “My Psychedelic Love Story,” which will close it.
This year’s complete AFI Fest program includes 124 titles of which 53 percent are directed by women, 39 percent are directed by Bipoc, and 17 percent are directed by Lbgtq+.
“AFI Fest is committed to supporting diverse perspectives and new voices in cinema and this year is no different,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming, AFI Festivals, in an official statement. “While we wish we were able to be together in Hollywood,...
This year’s complete AFI Fest program includes 124 titles of which 53 percent are directed by women, 39 percent are directed by Bipoc, and 17 percent are directed by Lbgtq+.
“AFI Fest is committed to supporting diverse perspectives and new voices in cinema and this year is no different,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming, AFI Festivals, in an official statement. “While we wish we were able to be together in Hollywood,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Audition (Das vorspiel) Strand Releasing Reviewed by Harvey Karten for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net Director: Ina Weisse Screenwriter: Ina Weisse, Daphne Charizani Cast: Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev Running Time: 99 minutes Reviewed on: 5/19/20 Opening Date: June 26, 2020 Just as psychoanalysts go through their own years on the […]
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- 6/21/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"A concert audience won't wait." Strand Releasing has debuted the official Us trailer for an indie German film titled The Audition, originally known as Das Vorspiel in German. This initially premiered at the Toronto and San Sebastian Film Festivals in the fall last year, and is getting a VOD release this summer in the Us. Acclaimed German actress Nina Hoss stars a violin teacher at a renowned music school in Berlin. She vouches for a young student, and spends all her time and effort training him hoping he'll be the star she thinks he is, while neglecting her own musician son and her husband. The film also stars Simon Abkarian, Jens Albinus, Ilja Monti, and Serafin Mishiev. This is a very good film lead by a great performance by Nina Hoss that carries the entire story, so much emotional weight and so much frustration. Worth a watch. Here's the first...
- 6/1/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sven (Lars Eidinger) is already sick by the time his beloved, if slightly estranged twin sister Lisa (Nina Hoss) comes to take him home. An audacious actor hellbent on getting back to the stage after his leukemia diagnosis, Sven initially scans as the most formidable character in Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond’s moving drama “My Little Sister,” but it’s Lisa who emerges as its fiery heart. Hoss and Eidinger easily slip into the twins’ close bond, with the actors adopting similar mannerisms and inflections, all the better to sell the sense that even the distance that has marked their adulthood is unable to crack what was forged in the womb. But can terminal illness? The answer is no, obviously, but Chuat and Reymond take their time unspooling
While Sven finds both solace and pain in holding tight to his professional dreams, Lisa long ago loosened her grip on hers.
While Sven finds both solace and pain in holding tight to his professional dreams, Lisa long ago loosened her grip on hers.
- 2/28/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
When it comes to stories of adult siblings, cinema tends to remain overwhelmingly gender-divided. Great films about brotherly love and sisterly strife are plentiful, but tender brother-sister studies are a rarer breed. “My Little Sister,” then, is a welcome, warm-hearted addition to the ranks of “You Can Count on Me,” “The Savages” and various films that don’t star Laura Linney: a modestly scaled, intimately observed domestic drama that doesn’t reinvent any wheels in its portrayal of family frictions, midlife ennui and the anguish of terminal illness, but handles all this potentially sticky material with clear-eyed grace. Not that you’d expect cheap sentiment with redoubtable stars Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger as the siblings in question: In addition to bolstering its European distribution potential, their beautifully matched performances lend this quiet Swiss production a necessary bit of flint throughout.
“My Little Sister” is the second narrative film...
“My Little Sister” is the second narrative film...
- 2/24/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The Berlinale lineup already includes films from Jia Zhangke, Matías Piñeiro, and more, but now the competition slate has arrived and it’s an incredibly promising selection. Headed by Carlo Chatrian, it includes many of our most-anticipated films of the year with Christian Petzold’s Undine, Hong Sang-soo’s The Woman Who Ran, Tsai Ming-Liang’s Days, Philippe Garrel’s The Salt of Tears, Abel Ferrara’s Siberia, and Caetano Gotardo & Marco Dutra’s All the Dead Ones, plus recent festival favorites: Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow and Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
Check out the lineup below and return for our coverage.
Competition
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Germany / Netherlands
by Burhan Qurbani
with Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen, Richard Fouofié Djimeli
World premiere
Dau. Natasha
Germany / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Russian Federation
by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
with Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo,...
Check out the lineup below and return for our coverage.
Competition
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Germany / Netherlands
by Burhan Qurbani
with Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen, Richard Fouofié Djimeli
World premiere
Dau. Natasha
Germany / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Russian Federation
by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
with Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Berlin International Film Festival on Wednesday morning revealed the main competition lineup and gala selections for festival’s 70th edition.
The festival, which begins February 20, will screen 18 films in competition, including movies from Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, and Eliza Hittman. Six are from female directors.
Among the gala presentations is Pixar’s” Onward.” The Dan Scanlon-helmed urban fantasy includes the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, and Ali Wong.
Here is the complete list:
Competition
“Berlin Alexanderplatz” (Germany/Netherlands)
Director: Burhan Qurbani
Cast: Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen, and Richard Fouofié Djimeli
“Dau. Natasha” (Germany/Ukraine/United Kingdom/Russia)
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, and Luc Bigé
“Domangchin yeoja” (“The Woman Who Ran”) (South Korea)
Director: Hong Sangsoo
Cast: Kim Minhee,...
The festival, which begins February 20, will screen 18 films in competition, including movies from Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, and Eliza Hittman. Six are from female directors.
Among the gala presentations is Pixar’s” Onward.” The Dan Scanlon-helmed urban fantasy includes the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, and Ali Wong.
Here is the complete list:
Competition
“Berlin Alexanderplatz” (Germany/Netherlands)
Director: Burhan Qurbani
Cast: Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen, and Richard Fouofié Djimeli
“Dau. Natasha” (Germany/Ukraine/United Kingdom/Russia)
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy and Jekaterina Oertel
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, and Luc Bigé
“Domangchin yeoja” (“The Woman Who Ran”) (South Korea)
Director: Hong Sangsoo
Cast: Kim Minhee,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
The Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled its 2020 line-up, with 18 films playing in competition from directors such as Abel Ferrara, Sally Potter, Christian Petzold, Hong Sangsoo, Kelly Reichardt and Eliza Hittman.
Abel Ferrara’s Willem Dafoe starrer “Siberia” is a world premiere in competition, as is Sally Potter’s “The Roads Not Taken.”
Among the U.S. films at the Berlinale, Reichardt’s “First Cow” is an international premiere, and so too is Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.”
Pixar’s latest animation, “Onward”, also has its international premiere out of competition in the Special Galas section.
Previous Berlin Silver Bear winner Christian Petzold’s latest, “Undine”, world premieres, while Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who is not allowed to travel outside his home country, world premieres his latest, “There is No Evil.”
Six out of the 18 films in competition are helmed by female directors.
The 70th edition of the festival...
Abel Ferrara’s Willem Dafoe starrer “Siberia” is a world premiere in competition, as is Sally Potter’s “The Roads Not Taken.”
Among the U.S. films at the Berlinale, Reichardt’s “First Cow” is an international premiere, and so too is Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always.”
Pixar’s latest animation, “Onward”, also has its international premiere out of competition in the Special Galas section.
Previous Berlin Silver Bear winner Christian Petzold’s latest, “Undine”, world premieres, while Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who is not allowed to travel outside his home country, world premieres his latest, “There is No Evil.”
Six out of the 18 films in competition are helmed by female directors.
The 70th edition of the festival...
- 1/29/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Schwesterlein
It’s been ten years since the narrative debut of Swiss directing duo Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, 2010’s The Little Bedroom (though they’ve worked in documentary and television since then). They’ve managed to lasso a formidable cast for their sophomore narrative Schwesterlein, with Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, and Jens Albinus in this Swiss-German co-production. Filip Zumbrunn serves as Dp on the title, which is produced by Vega Film. Chaut & Reymond’s 2010 debut The Little Bedroom premiered in competition at Locarno, and was also selected as the submission for Best Foreign Language feature (it took four years to receive a theatrical release in the Us in 2014).…...
It’s been ten years since the narrative debut of Swiss directing duo Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, 2010’s The Little Bedroom (though they’ve worked in documentary and television since then). They’ve managed to lasso a formidable cast for their sophomore narrative Schwesterlein, with Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, and Jens Albinus in this Swiss-German co-production. Filip Zumbrunn serves as Dp on the title, which is produced by Vega Film. Chaut & Reymond’s 2010 debut The Little Bedroom premiered in competition at Locarno, and was also selected as the submission for Best Foreign Language feature (it took four years to receive a theatrical release in the Us in 2014).…...
- 1/1/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Jens Albinus and Marthe Keller star in the second fiction feature film by Swiss directing duo Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond. Produced by Zurich outfit Vega Film, Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond’s new work Schwesterlein revolves around a strong woman grappling with life’s dilemmas, a theme of ongoing interest to the two Swiss directors. Following the success of their first feature film The Little Room (2010) which was presented in a world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, selected to represent Switzerland at the Academy Awards and which was honoured with two Quartz prizes (Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay), the duo of Swiss directors joined forces once again in 2018 to offer up Ladies, a documentary which was subsequently selected to participate in a number of festivals, as well as being nominated for the...
- 10/31/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Arthouse cinema isn’t generally inclined toward “Alien vs. Predator”-style franchise mashups, but if some kind of icy faceoff were engineered between the troubled, seething music instructors of Michael Haneke’s “The Piano Teacher” and Ina Weisse’s “The Audition,” all bets would be off. As played with customary, finely razored emotional control by Nina Hoss, violin teacher Anna Bronsky might seem more outwardly functional than Isabelle Huppert’s lonely, repressed paraphiliac Erika Kohut: In a stable middle-class marriage with a gifted son following in her footsteps, Anna seemingly hasn’t much to complain about besides her own stifled musical dreams. Yet the old “those who can, do, those who can’t, teach” maxim takes on more dangerous implications when her dedication to one underdog student veers into obsessive territory; Weisse’s gripping, cool-blooded drama upends all manner of inspirational-educator clichés.
Appearing in San Sebastian’s official competition following...
Appearing in San Sebastian’s official competition following...
- 9/26/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Odell stars as a fictionalised version of herself opposite fellow Swedish star Mikael Persbrandt.
Screen can reveal the new trailer for X&Y, the latest feature from artist and filmmaker Anna Odell, ahead of its international premiere on Friday January 25 at International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 23 - February 3).
Odell stars as a fictionalised version of herself opposite fellow Swedish star Mikael Persbrandt, as the pair deconstruct their identities through alter-egos.
The cast also features Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Jens Albinus and Thure Lindhardt.
The film opened Stockholm Film Festival in November and plays in the Big Screen competition section at Rotterdam,...
Screen can reveal the new trailer for X&Y, the latest feature from artist and filmmaker Anna Odell, ahead of its international premiere on Friday January 25 at International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 23 - February 3).
Odell stars as a fictionalised version of herself opposite fellow Swedish star Mikael Persbrandt, as the pair deconstruct their identities through alter-egos.
The cast also features Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Jens Albinus and Thure Lindhardt.
The film opened Stockholm Film Festival in November and plays in the Big Screen competition section at Rotterdam,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The County
Four years after his hit sophomore film Rams (2015), Iceland’s Grimur Hakonarson should at last be ready with his third feature, The County. His latest is an Icelandic-Danish-French-German co-production, comprised of Hakonarson’s returning producer Grimar Jonsson (also of 2017’s Under the Tree) plus co-producers Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy. Starring Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Hakonarson also reunites with his Rams actors Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, who are also joined by Hinrik Ólafsson, Hannes Óli Ágústsson, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir and Denmark’s Jens Albinus.…...
Four years after his hit sophomore film Rams (2015), Iceland’s Grimur Hakonarson should at last be ready with his third feature, The County. His latest is an Icelandic-Danish-French-German co-production, comprised of Hakonarson’s returning producer Grimar Jonsson (also of 2017’s Under the Tree) plus co-producers Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy. Starring Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Hakonarson also reunites with his Rams actors Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, who are also joined by Hinrik Ólafsson, Hannes Óli Ágústsson, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir and Denmark’s Jens Albinus.…...
- 1/4/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In Anna Odell’s much-anticipated ”X&Y,” which world premieres as the opening film at the Stockholm Film Festival, the director also plays the leading role alongside Mikael Persbrandt, one of Sweden’s most renowned actors. Odell spoke to Variety about the film.
Odell is one of Sweden’s best-known contemporary artists and, since her directorial feature debut – “The Reunion” in 2013 – also a sought after name in Swedish cinema. The film won the top prize in Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival, and two Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s top movie honor, for film and screenplay. In “The Reunion,” Odell drew inspiration from her own life as someone with mental health issues, in order to raise questions about bullying, school hierarchies and power structures in society.
In “X&Y” Odell and Persbrandt play different versions of themselves, together with six alter egos – all played by well-known Swedish and Danish actors, among them Sophie Gråbøl,...
Odell is one of Sweden’s best-known contemporary artists and, since her directorial feature debut – “The Reunion” in 2013 – also a sought after name in Swedish cinema. The film won the top prize in Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival, and two Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s top movie honor, for film and screenplay. In “The Reunion,” Odell drew inspiration from her own life as someone with mental health issues, in order to raise questions about bullying, school hierarchies and power structures in society.
In “X&Y” Odell and Persbrandt play different versions of themselves, together with six alter egos – all played by well-known Swedish and Danish actors, among them Sophie Gråbøl,...
- 10/29/2018
- by Jon Asp
- Variety Film + TV
Honorees to include Asghar Farhadi, Mary Harron and Gunnell Lindblom.
The Stockholm International Film Festival has revealed its 2018 programme, with the festival kicking off Nov 7 with the anticipated world premiere of Anna Odell’s X&Y, in competition.
Odell, the Swedish artist and filmmaker who last directed 2013’s award-winning The Reunion, returns starring as a fictionalized version of herself, collaborating with the celebrated actor Mikael Persbrandt to deconstruct themselves. The cast also features Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Jens Albinus and Thure Lindhardt. New Europe handles sales.
Stockholm will close Nov 18 with The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos, from the Open Zone section.
The Stockholm International Film Festival has revealed its 2018 programme, with the festival kicking off Nov 7 with the anticipated world premiere of Anna Odell’s X&Y, in competition.
Odell, the Swedish artist and filmmaker who last directed 2013’s award-winning The Reunion, returns starring as a fictionalized version of herself, collaborating with the celebrated actor Mikael Persbrandt to deconstruct themselves. The cast also features Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Vera Vitali, Shanti Roney, Jens Albinus and Thure Lindhardt. New Europe handles sales.
Stockholm will close Nov 18 with The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos, from the Open Zone section.
- 10/16/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet, Diane Keaton, and Mia Wasikowska have signed on to star in “Blackbird,” a remake of Bille August’s Danish-language “Silent Heart,” with Roger Mitchell directing.
Millennium Films is producing the movie. Producers are Sherryl Clark and Millennium’s David Bernardi. Millennium’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Jonathan Yunger are executive producing.
Mitchell will direct from a script by “Silent Heart” screenwriter Christian Torpe. Shooting is planned for August in London.
Keaton will play a terminally ill mother who brings her family together for one last weekend before she commits suicide. Winslet and Wasikowsa will play her daughters.
In “Silent Heart,” released in 2014, the mother was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was planning to pursue euthanasia with the help of her husband at the end of the weekend. But the decision became difficult to handle for the daughters and brought old conflicts to the surface.
Millennium Films is producing the movie. Producers are Sherryl Clark and Millennium’s David Bernardi. Millennium’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Jeffrey Greenstein, and Jonathan Yunger are executive producing.
Mitchell will direct from a script by “Silent Heart” screenwriter Christian Torpe. Shooting is planned for August in London.
Keaton will play a terminally ill mother who brings her family together for one last weekend before she commits suicide. Winslet and Wasikowsa will play her daughters.
In “Silent Heart,” released in 2014, the mother was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was planning to pursue euthanasia with the help of her husband at the end of the weekend. But the decision became difficult to handle for the daughters and brought old conflicts to the surface.
- 7/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
New Europe Film Sales boards work in progress.
Swedish artist and filmmaker Anna Odell’s (The Reunion) next feature has been picked up for world sales by Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales.
Source: MousTrap Films
Anna Odell in The Reunion
The untitled feature stars Odell alongside Scandinavian talent Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråböl, Vera Vitali, Thure Lindhart, Jens Albinus and Shanti Roney. The unscripted project is an attempt to examine the masculine and feminine identities, it will mix reality and fiction in an effort to create conflict.
The film is currently in the editing suite with delivery set for mid-to-late 2018. New Europe will be showing clips to industry at the Nordic Film Market in Goteborg this week, where it is part of the festival’s works in progress showcase.
Producers are Frida Bargo and Mattias Nohrborg at B-reel Films, in co-production with Film i Väst, Swedish Television, Avenyfamiljen, Fasad Produktion and Nimbus and supported by [link=co...
Swedish artist and filmmaker Anna Odell’s (The Reunion) next feature has been picked up for world sales by Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales.
Source: MousTrap Films
Anna Odell in The Reunion
The untitled feature stars Odell alongside Scandinavian talent Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråböl, Vera Vitali, Thure Lindhart, Jens Albinus and Shanti Roney. The unscripted project is an attempt to examine the masculine and feminine identities, it will mix reality and fiction in an effort to create conflict.
The film is currently in the editing suite with delivery set for mid-to-late 2018. New Europe will be showing clips to industry at the Nordic Film Market in Goteborg this week, where it is part of the festival’s works in progress showcase.
Producers are Frida Bargo and Mattias Nohrborg at B-reel Films, in co-production with Film i Väst, Swedish Television, Avenyfamiljen, Fasad Produktion and Nimbus and supported by [link=co...
- 2/1/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
German co-producer joins anticipated new project from Grimur Hakonarson, which will start shooting in late February.
Source: Cannes Film Festival
‘Rams’
Sol Bondy and Jamila Wenske’s Berlin-based One Two Films, has joined as a co-producer on Grimur Hakonarson’s The County, the Icelandic director’s anticipated follow-up to 2015 hit Rams.
One Two joins alongside German broadcaster Sr/Arte.
Grimar Jonsson of Iceland’s Netop Films is the lead producer, with partners Profile Pictures of Denmark, Haut et Court of France and now One Two of Germany. Backers include the Icelandic Film Centre, Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film + TV Fond and Sr/Arte.
As with Rams, Jan Naszewski’s New Europe will handle sales. Distributors already on board are Sena in Iceland, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Haut et Court in France.
The County will start shooting in late February in the countryside of northern Iceland, for delivery in early 2019.
The story is a drama set in rural Iceland...
Source: Cannes Film Festival
‘Rams’
Sol Bondy and Jamila Wenske’s Berlin-based One Two Films, has joined as a co-producer on Grimur Hakonarson’s The County, the Icelandic director’s anticipated follow-up to 2015 hit Rams.
One Two joins alongside German broadcaster Sr/Arte.
Grimar Jonsson of Iceland’s Netop Films is the lead producer, with partners Profile Pictures of Denmark, Haut et Court of France and now One Two of Germany. Backers include the Icelandic Film Centre, Danish Film Institute, Nordisk Film + TV Fond and Sr/Arte.
As with Rams, Jan Naszewski’s New Europe will handle sales. Distributors already on board are Sena in Iceland, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Haut et Court in France.
The County will start shooting in late February in the countryside of northern Iceland, for delivery in early 2019.
The story is a drama set in rural Iceland...
- 1/17/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac has released a new trailer.
The short trailer is for the extended director's cut of the two-part sexual epic.
Warning: Trailer contains explicit content:
Read our Nymphomaniac review: "Much more than an exercise in provocation"
The film centres around Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - a self-identified nymphomaniac - who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The director's cut of Nymphomanic will run for five-and-a-half hours.
The short trailer is for the extended director's cut of the two-part sexual epic.
Warning: Trailer contains explicit content:
Read our Nymphomaniac review: "Much more than an exercise in provocation"
The film centres around Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - a self-identified nymphomaniac - who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The director's cut of Nymphomanic will run for five-and-a-half hours.
- 9/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Lars von Trier and Peter Aalbæk Jensen’s Zentropa Entertainments has been put under “stricter control” by the Danish Film Institute over future state support for its productions and its auditor has been reported to the National Audit Committee.
The decision, made in consultation with the legal advisor of the Danish Government, follows a report by the Deloitte accountancy firm on certain irregularities in the financial records of four Zentropa productions subsidised by government money, including Danish director Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning In a Better World (Hævnen).
“Stricter control” involves that a number of requirements for “good bookkeeping” must be met prior to subsidising films from Zentropa. The Danish production company is controlled by producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen and director/producer Lars von Trier.
According to the Deloitte report, Zentropa had refused the auditors access to accounts which may confirm that funding from publicly subsidised companies was transferred to firms privately owned by Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is an organisation...
The decision, made in consultation with the legal advisor of the Danish Government, follows a report by the Deloitte accountancy firm on certain irregularities in the financial records of four Zentropa productions subsidised by government money, including Danish director Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winning In a Better World (Hævnen).
“Stricter control” involves that a number of requirements for “good bookkeeping” must be met prior to subsidising films from Zentropa. The Danish production company is controlled by producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen and director/producer Lars von Trier.
According to the Deloitte report, Zentropa had refused the auditors access to accounts which may confirm that funding from publicly subsidised companies was transferred to firms privately owned by Aalbæk Jensen. Zentropa is an organisation...
- 5/28/2014
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Here’s an anti-Valentine’s Day gift for the jaded, it’s the official theatrical trailer for director Lars von Trier’s new film Nymphomaniac: Volume I. The two-part story revolved around Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her numerous sexual encounters to an old bachelor (Stellan Skarsgård) when he discovers her badly beaten in an alley.
The trailer is Sfw and lends a lot to the imagination; this is a graphically explicit film from what people are saying after watching the “hardcore” version. So what I’m saying is this isn’t a movie to watch with your parents.
The film also stars Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus, and Udo Kier.
Nymphomaniac: Volume I will be available VOD on March 6th followed by a theatrical release on March 21st.
The trailer is Sfw and lends a lot to the imagination; this is a graphically explicit film from what people are saying after watching the “hardcore” version. So what I’m saying is this isn’t a movie to watch with your parents.
The film also stars Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus, and Udo Kier.
Nymphomaniac: Volume I will be available VOD on March 6th followed by a theatrical release on March 21st.
- 2/14/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Following a decidedly Red Band version last November , Magnolia Pictures has brought online a safe-for-work version of the trailer for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac: Volume I . Check it out in the player below, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies . Nymphomaniac h stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman's erotic journey from...
- 2/13/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac: Volume Two has released a trailer.
Stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Christian Slater, Stellan Skarsgård, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe can be seen in the new trailer (warning: adult content).
Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac.
After being discovered badly beaten in an alleyway by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), she shares her life story with him.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The movie is split into eight chapters across two films. It will premiere its uncut version at the Berlin Film Festival.
Nymphomaniac: Volume One and Volume Two will be released in the UK on February 22, and in the Us in March.
Gallery - Nymphomaniac posters:...
Stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Christian Slater, Stellan Skarsgård, Jamie Bell and Willem Dafoe can be seen in the new trailer (warning: adult content).
Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac.
After being discovered badly beaten in an alleyway by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), she shares her life story with him.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The movie is split into eight chapters across two films. It will premiere its uncut version at the Berlin Film Festival.
Nymphomaniac: Volume One and Volume Two will be released in the UK on February 22, and in the Us in March.
Gallery - Nymphomaniac posters:...
- 1/29/2014
- Digital Spy
Lars von Trier's uncut Nymphomaniac will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Volume one of the erotic, two-part movie will be screened at the event for the first time.
Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac.
After being discovered badly beaten in an alleyway by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), she shares her life story with him.
The full film was originally 5.5 hours long, but has been cut down to 4.5 hours. The shorter, cut version will premiere in Denmark on December 25.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Nymphomaniac Volume One will be released on VOD next year. It will arrive in UK cinemas on February 21.
Watch a trailer for the film below (Warning: Explicit content):
Catch up on all the latest TV and...
Volume one of the erotic, two-part movie will be screened at the event for the first time.
Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac.
After being discovered badly beaten in an alleyway by Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), she shares her life story with him.
The full film was originally 5.5 hours long, but has been cut down to 4.5 hours. The shorter, cut version will premiere in Denmark on December 25.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Nymphomaniac Volume One will be released on VOD next year. It will arrive in UK cinemas on February 21.
Watch a trailer for the film below (Warning: Explicit content):
Catch up on all the latest TV and...
- 12/20/2013
- Digital Spy
Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac has debuted a new trailer.
The clip shows Charlotte Gainsbourg's self-diagnosed sex addict stripping her apartment of anything that reminds her of her own sexuality.
The video comes from chapter seven of the project, which is divided into eight chapters across two films.
Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård star in the movie.
The film centres around Joe (Gainsbourg) a self-identified nymphomaniac who recounts her life story to Seligman (Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Nymphomaniac trailer accidentally shown to children before Frozen
Nymphomaniac's world premiere will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark this month. It will open in the UK on March 7.
The clip shows Charlotte Gainsbourg's self-diagnosed sex addict stripping her apartment of anything that reminds her of her own sexuality.
The video comes from chapter seven of the project, which is divided into eight chapters across two films.
Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård star in the movie.
The film centres around Joe (Gainsbourg) a self-identified nymphomaniac who recounts her life story to Seligman (Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Nymphomaniac trailer accidentally shown to children before Frozen
Nymphomaniac's world premiere will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark this month. It will open in the UK on March 7.
- 12/13/2013
- Digital Spy
New images have arrived from the sexy Lars von Trier film Nymphomaniac starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac finds a release day some time early next year, and is written and helmed by von Trier, and produced by Marie Cecilie Gade and Louise Vesth. Nymphomaniac, follows a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, who recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
- 12/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Lars von Trier's bizarre Nymphomaniac is nearing its release date, and its certainly not everyone's cup of tea, that's a given. Now, we have 2 new posters in from the film which includes a very solid cast frontlined by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen as well as Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac follows a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, who recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating. Magnolia Pictures distributes the film which opens early 2014 and is produced by Marie Cecilie Gade and Louise Vesth.
- 12/6/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
With a name like Nymphomaniac, the latest film from Lars von Trier was always going to be explicit, and this new trailer certainly doesn’t disappoint.
Led by Charlotte Gainsbourg, who reunites with the controversial director once more, the film boasts a surprisingly impressive ensemble cast, given what von Trier was asking of them.
Gainsbourg stars alongside Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen, Udo Kier, Jens Albinus, and Nicolas Bro.
This new trailer doesn’t hold back in what it’s willing to show, so much so that YouTube has removed the official version, despite the filmmakers enabling the age restriction option on the website.
Needless to say, this is incredibly unsuitable viewing for work.
Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character,...
Led by Charlotte Gainsbourg, who reunites with the controversial director once more, the film boasts a surprisingly impressive ensemble cast, given what von Trier was asking of them.
Gainsbourg stars alongside Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Connie Nielsen, Udo Kier, Jens Albinus, and Nicolas Bro.
This new trailer doesn’t hold back in what it’s willing to show, so much so that YouTube has removed the official version, despite the filmmakers enabling the age restriction option on the website.
Needless to say, this is incredibly unsuitable viewing for work.
Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character,...
- 11/25/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
And we all thought “Antichrist” was fucked up—sexually, emotionally and psychologically. Though Lars Von Trier did a moody left turn with his operatic depression comedy “Melancholia” (hear me out—the first half with the wedding from hell is hilarious... the rest, admittedly not so much), it’s entirely possible “Antichrist” was just a warmup for his latest movie, the four-hour (maybe 5.5 hours one day) “Nymphomaniac,” which, at least from the trailer and teasers, proves that Von Trier has not mellowed with age and isn’t done challenging or terrorizing his audiences. A two-part drama — chaptered into eight parts — told in flashbacks about a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saves her after a beating, the movie stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as the protagonist Joe and Stacy Martin as her younger self. The movie also co-stars Stellan Skarsgård, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth,...
- 11/23/2013
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
The new red band trailer for Magnolia Pictures and director Lars Von Trier's sexual drama "Nymphomaniac" is now online. The film's impressive star cast includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. "Nymphomaniac" is the wild and poetic story of a woman's erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter's evening...
- 11/23/2013
- by Anthony Pearson
- Monsters and Critics
The first trailer has arrived for Lars von Trier's upcoming Nymphomaniac, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. So, it's quite obvious that you wouldn't want to watch a trailer for a film titled as such at work, regardless of its content, but you have been warned nonetheless. Magnolia Pictures distributes the drama which stars which follows a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, who recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
- 11/22/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Magnolia Pictures has released a Nsfw trailer for Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech, and Peter Gilbert Cotton.
“Nymphomaniac” is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman, finds Joe beaten up in an alleyway. He brings her home to his flat where he tends to her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts...
“Nymphomaniac” is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman, finds Joe beaten up in an alleyway. He brings her home to his flat where he tends to her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts...
- 11/22/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac has released a red band trailer.
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård star in the erotic, two-film, five-and-a-half-hour epic.
Watch the trailer below (Warning: explicit content):
The film centres around Joe (Gainsbourg) a self-identified nymphomaniac who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Producer Louise Vesth revealed earlier this year that the drama will feature "groundbreaking" unsimulated sex scenes.
"We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital-impose the two," she said. "So above the waist it will be the star and below the waist it will be the doubles.
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgård star in the erotic, two-film, five-and-a-half-hour epic.
Watch the trailer below (Warning: explicit content):
The film centres around Joe (Gainsbourg) a self-identified nymphomaniac who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
Producer Louise Vesth revealed earlier this year that the drama will feature "groundbreaking" unsimulated sex scenes.
"We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and in post we will digital-impose the two," she said. "So above the waist it will be the star and below the waist it will be the doubles.
- 11/22/2013
- Digital Spy
The first full, official trailer for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac has released and to no surprise it looks like a Lars von Trier film. While the explicit nature of the film is sure to rouse the most attention, there clearly is a storyline here and it could prove to be fascinating, though talk of a five-and-a-half-hour cut does seem to be pushing the boundaries of what an audience may be able to take given the snippets we see here. Nymphomaniac tells the story of self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), from birth to the age of 50. On a cold winter's evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley. He brings her home to his flat where he cares for her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters recounts the lushly branched-out and multi faceted story of her life,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
We say Red Band trailer, but we're not sure there will ever be a Green Band trailer for Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac ! Needless to say, this one is very Not Safe For Work. Magnolia Pictures is releasing the film, which stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman's erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the...
- 11/22/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Magnolia Pictures has released two more posters for Lars von Trier's upcoming Nymphomaniac . You can check them both out in the slideshow below. The film's huge cast includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac is the wild and poetic story of a woman's erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac,...
- 11/20/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Ghita Nørby stars in family drama to be shot on Danish island of Funen.
While preparing two German features – new adaptions of Russian author Vladimir Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark and Austrian author Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity - Danish Oscar-winning director Bille August will on Monday start principal photography for a new Danish family drama, Quiet Heart (Stille hjerte), on the island of Funen.
From an original story by Christian Torpe, the Jesper Mothorst production for Sf Film willl reunite August with Danish actress Ghita Nørby, who played the lead in his Ingmar Bergman film from 1992, The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), which received the Palme d’Or in Cannes.
August also won the top prize in Cannes for Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren/1988), which went on to collect the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Feature.
Quiet Heart follows three generations of a family, gathered for a weekend...
While preparing two German features – new adaptions of Russian author Vladimir Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark and Austrian author Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity - Danish Oscar-winning director Bille August will on Monday start principal photography for a new Danish family drama, Quiet Heart (Stille hjerte), on the island of Funen.
From an original story by Christian Torpe, the Jesper Mothorst production for Sf Film willl reunite August with Danish actress Ghita Nørby, who played the lead in his Ingmar Bergman film from 1992, The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), which received the Palme d’Or in Cannes.
August also won the top prize in Cannes for Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren/1988), which went on to collect the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Feature.
Quiet Heart follows three generations of a family, gathered for a weekend...
- 11/14/2013
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Ghita Nørby stars in family drama to be shot on Danish island of Funen.
While preparing two German features – new adaptions of Russian author Vladimir Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark and Austrian author Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity - Danish Oscar-winning director Bille August will on Monday start principal photography for a new Danish family drama, Quiet Heart (Stille hjerte), on the island of Funen.
From an original story by Christian Torpe, the Jesper Mothorst production for Sf Film willl reunite August with Danish actress Ghita Nørby, who played the lead in his Ingmar Bergman film from 1992, The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), which received the Palme d’Or in Cannes.
August also won the top prize in Cannes for Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren/1988), which went on to collect the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Feature.
Quiet Heart follows three generations of a family, gathered for a weekend...
While preparing two German features – new adaptions of Russian author Vladimir Nabokov’s Laughter in the Dark and Austrian author Stefan Zweig’s Beware of Pity - Danish Oscar-winning director Bille August will on Monday start principal photography for a new Danish family drama, Quiet Heart (Stille hjerte), on the island of Funen.
From an original story by Christian Torpe, the Jesper Mothorst production for Sf Film willl reunite August with Danish actress Ghita Nørby, who played the lead in his Ingmar Bergman film from 1992, The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), which received the Palme d’Or in Cannes.
August also won the top prize in Cannes for Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle Erobreren/1988), which went on to collect the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Feature.
Quiet Heart follows three generations of a family, gathered for a weekend...
- 11/14/2013
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
The following clip from Nymphomaniac was made available on YouTube earlier today, but was subsequently removed, presumably due to the explicit nature considering it includes a peek at Shia Labeouf's penis, some cunnilingus, scenes of sexual intercourse and cheetahs! Apparently Lars von Trier was determined to prove Ridley Scott's The Counselor is not the only film down with the metaphorical powers of the African cat. Dubbed "Chapter 5: The Little Organ School", the clip comes with the following note: A chorale prelude by Bach: Three voices each with its own character, but in complete harmony. In other words: Polyphony The nymphomaniac is easily inspired, and acts it out. Oh wow, how profound. The film centers on Joe, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounting her erotic journey from birth to the age of 50. On a cold winter's evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman (Stellan Skarsgard), finds Joe beaten up in an alley.
- 11/1/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Magnolia Pictures has released a Nsfw film clip for Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia Labeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech, and Peter Gilbert Cotton.
“Nymphomaniac” is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman, finds Joe beaten up in an alleyway. He brings her home to his flat where he tends to her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters...
“Nymphomaniac” is the wild and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold winter’s evening the old, charming bachelor, Seligman, finds Joe beaten up in an alleyway. He brings her home to his flat where he tends to her wounds while asking her about her life. He listens intently as Joe over the next 8 chapters...
- 11/1/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
We have a fifth chapter in from Lars von Trier's upcoming Nymphomaniac which is Nsfw (Not Safe For Work). The film from Magnolia Pictures opens early 2014 (date to be confirmed) with a case including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia Labeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe, Connie Nielsen, Mia Goth, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Hugo Speer, Felicity Gilbert, Michaël Pas, Jesper Christensen, Jens Albinus, Nicolas Bro, Cyron Melville, Shanti Roney, Omar Shargawi, Tania Carlin, Severin von Hoensbroech and Peter Gilbert Cotton. Nymphomaniac follows a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, who recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
- 11/1/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The extensive and immensely creative promotional campaign to Lars von Trier's erotic drama Nymphomaniac continues its online success. Every month since June, Zentropa has offered cinephiles crusty appetizers from the film von Trier's controversial producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen believes will be "the auteur's magnum opus."
The best treat yet was served yesterday—or rather 14 treats—in the form of a series of character posters that oozes sweaty eroticism. But it's not to be taken too seriously. As so often with von Trier, one can practically hear his chuckling behind all the wonderful exaggerations, and Nymphomaniac seems even more tongue-in-cheek than any von Trier-film since The Idiots.
Some weeks ago, the Norwegian film magazine Montages gained access to exclusive information from reliable sources, containing new details previously not known about the film. Be sure to read the article over at Montages.no.
The posters reveals the orgasmic faces of, respectively:...
The best treat yet was served yesterday—or rather 14 treats—in the form of a series of character posters that oozes sweaty eroticism. But it's not to be taken too seriously. As so often with von Trier, one can practically hear his chuckling behind all the wonderful exaggerations, and Nymphomaniac seems even more tongue-in-cheek than any von Trier-film since The Idiots.
Some weeks ago, the Norwegian film magazine Montages gained access to exclusive information from reliable sources, containing new details previously not known about the film. Be sure to read the article over at Montages.no.
The posters reveals the orgasmic faces of, respectively:...
- 10/11/2013
- by Lars Ole Kristiansen
- MUBI
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