"If we all listened to reason, the world would be a gloomy place to live"
Adam's Apples is a dark comedy/drama about the perils of denial, the cost of personal redemption, and the balancing of troubled personalities who have suffered heartache in their past.
We follow Adam (Ulrich Thomsen), a Neo-Nazi who has been sent for his parole work to a small and forgotten church. The church is run by a timid and deluded Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) who suffers a brain tumour, the loss of his wife, his son having cerebral palsy, and a history of sexual abuse. Ivan runs the church with several other troubled people - those with alcohol issues, terrorist sympathies, and anxiety.
Ivan has his head very much in the clouds, thinking that the Devil has it out for him, and has vowed to live the word of God at all costs - even at the expense of rational thinking.
Adam is too hard nosed for this, and believes that most issues in life are very much human in nature - and he tries hard to break the thin veil that Ivan has placed around himself. Once the veil is pulled away, Adam quickly realises that it was Ivan who kept the others at the church in check.
Adam is blown away by how these people live, however after witnessing their delusions and new heartaches they suffer, and see how they all stand by each other and come out the other end almost better for it, he too comes to accept their humble ways.
The comedy in this film is very very dark - I love Danish writers for this. The subject matter is things that no one should be laughing at, and you find yourself confused and ashamed at why you are laughing at all. The indifference of the characters to some of the chaos and intense scenes adds to the humour all around.
Mikkelsen, Bro and Lie Kaas together are always great - they are good friends in real life and their chemistry on screen is always entertaining. And these three with Jensen as director always produce a really smart and clean production.
Adam's Apples is a dark comedy/drama about the perils of denial, the cost of personal redemption, and the balancing of troubled personalities who have suffered heartache in their past.
We follow Adam (Ulrich Thomsen), a Neo-Nazi who has been sent for his parole work to a small and forgotten church. The church is run by a timid and deluded Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) who suffers a brain tumour, the loss of his wife, his son having cerebral palsy, and a history of sexual abuse. Ivan runs the church with several other troubled people - those with alcohol issues, terrorist sympathies, and anxiety.
Ivan has his head very much in the clouds, thinking that the Devil has it out for him, and has vowed to live the word of God at all costs - even at the expense of rational thinking.
Adam is too hard nosed for this, and believes that most issues in life are very much human in nature - and he tries hard to break the thin veil that Ivan has placed around himself. Once the veil is pulled away, Adam quickly realises that it was Ivan who kept the others at the church in check.
Adam is blown away by how these people live, however after witnessing their delusions and new heartaches they suffer, and see how they all stand by each other and come out the other end almost better for it, he too comes to accept their humble ways.
The comedy in this film is very very dark - I love Danish writers for this. The subject matter is things that no one should be laughing at, and you find yourself confused and ashamed at why you are laughing at all. The indifference of the characters to some of the chaos and intense scenes adds to the humour all around.
Mikkelsen, Bro and Lie Kaas together are always great - they are good friends in real life and their chemistry on screen is always entertaining. And these three with Jensen as director always produce a really smart and clean production.