Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 01/18/2002(USA
Release Date: 10/15/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
The
Dogma 95 movement has seen some searing looks into the human condition but rarely a
romantic comedy -- until now. Veteran Danish filmmaker
Lone Scherfig spins this deadpan look at a group of lovelorn outsiders living in a grey corner of Copenhagen. After the perennially foul-tempered minister of a local church is fired after doing great injury to the organist,
Andreas moves to the area to take over the parish. Staying in a hotel until his predecessor can be wrested from the rectory,
Andreas befriends the establishment's scatter-brained manager,
Jørgen, who is utterly in love with a beautiful Italian barmaid working at a nearby pub run by
Hal-Finn. When the irascible
Hal-Finn is chastised by the bar's owner for his unkempt appearance, he goes to a local salon where he meets
Karen, a comely hairdresser harried by her grasping mom. Meanwhile,
Andreas falls for a lethally klutzy pastry shop assistant named
Olympia. This film was screened at the
2001 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
;)
