Trine Dyrholm Movies
- 2008
- G
You don't necessarily need arms and legs to boogie with the best, as evidenced in this playful tale of an adventurous worm who strives to keep the insect world dancing to the funky sounds of classic disco. Barry is an optimistic invertebrate at the bottom of the food chain. Just when it starts to seem that Barry will wind up working a desk job at the local compost industry, his father gives him an old box of office supplies with a vintage disco record buried deep inside. From the moment those first notes hit his ears, Barry's body starts to move and he's completely hooked. This is his ticket to a more exciting life, and if he can assemble a band in time they may have a shot at winning the upcoming annual song contest. Just as Barry sets out in search of some talented musicians, however, the contest organizers inform him that worms are ineligible to compete. Undaunted, Barry continues his efforts to form a band that isn't afraid of the funk. Just as the band begins to get in the groove, tragedy strikes and they are scooped out of the ground and prepared to be sold as live bait. Now, with his band in a vending machine and his future as the king of disco on the line, Barry must summon the courage to keep boogie fever alive despite the fact that the odds are stacked overwhelmingly against him. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Frodin, Trine Dyrholm, (more)
- 2008
Trine Dyrholm stars in this gentle and earnest Danish-language drama as Lotte, a female soldier who returns home to Denmark exhausted and fully disillusioned following a lengthy period of military service. Wanting to help, Lotte's undependable father offers her a job chauffering his Nigerian girlfriend around; with no other options in sight, she agrees. Both women have put up barriers given their emotional scars from the past, but then something most unexpected happens: a touching and meaningful friendship blossoms between them. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, Finn Nielsen, (more)
- 2008
A simple blown fuse proves the catalyst for chaos in this drama about a young dancer who befriends a mysterious electrician. Annika (Trine Dyrholm)'s parents own a dance studio, so when the lights go out they phone an electrician to restore power. In no time, soft-spoken circuit man Lasse (Anders W. Berthelsen) is knocking on the door, toolbox in hand and ready to go to work. It's obvious from the onset that Annika is attracted to Lasse, though the latter is quick to explain that his reluctance to get close to her stems from the fact that he was recently released from prison after serving time for tax fraud. Surprised to see such a sympathetic reaction from Annika, Lasse gradually opens up to the girl. Before long, the two have made plans to go out to the movies together. The tenuous bond between them is quickly tested however when Lasse arrives to pick Annika up, and an anonymous telephone call reveals that the electrician may not have been entirely forthcoming about the true nature of his past crimes. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, Anders W. Berthelsen, (more)
- 2008
How does one start anew after a checkered personal history threatens to extinguish all hope and the possibility of redemption? Such is the question that lies at the heart of De Usynlige, Norwegian director Erik Poppe's earnest psychological drama of second chances. Pal Sverre Hagen stars as Jan Thomas, a young man fresh from an eight-year prison sentence. The catalyst for his incarceration may have been an accident and may have been a premeditated murder, but regardless, the event still hangs over Jan like a dark shroud, tempering his memories and his actions. Upon release, Jan - a talented organist - lands a job in the local church as an organ player, and begins to develop feelings for Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), a female priest who also happens to be a single mother. To avoid complications and protect the sanctity of the new relationship, Jan silently vows to withhold information about his troubled past from Anna, but the past catches up with him in the form of Agnes, a schoolteacher who visits the church and recognizes Jan - as the man responsible for her young son's death. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pål Sverre Hagen, Trond Espen Seim, (more)
- 2008
In Dansen, Scandinavian filmmaker Pernille Fischer Christensen continues her multi-film preoccupation with distraught female characters who get misled by their out-of-control emotions and land in relationships with ill-advised romantic partners. The character in question, on this occasion, is Annika (Trine Dyrholm) - a physically desirable young woman employed as an instructor at a dance school run by her family. In time, Annika falls into a relationship with Lasse, a quiet and emotionally incommunicative electrician whom she finds rather devastating. He eventually makes two disturbing admissions regarding his own life: disclosures of a lengthy prison sentence and an "unjust" conviction as a rapist. Annika chooses to overlook this and finds some limited happiness with Lasse, but in time she senses that there may be even more to his past than he has confessed to her - and a disturbing level of impulsivity arises from Lasse that makes Annika feel decidedly ill-at-ease. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, Birthe Neumann, (more)
- 2007
An aspiring actress finds her hopes of big-screen stardom unexpectedly complicated when she is forced to contend with an unplanned pregnancy. All Anna ever wanted was to become an actress. A pretty girl from a wealthy family, Anna one day decides to pack her bags and head to Copenhagen without telling her mother and father. Once in the city, however, Anna discovers just what a cruel mistress fate can be upon discovering that she will soon become a mother. Later, after giving birth to a baby girl, Anna does her best to provide for her daughter while still pursuing her dreams of becoming a famous actress. Unfortunately for mother and daughter alike, this path ultimately proves to have tragic consequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Noomi Rapace, Sofie Gråbøl, (more)
- 2006
A struggling independent filmmaker desperate to salvage his failing marriage becomes dangerously obsessed with documenting his relationship in director Christoffer Boe's harrowing glimpse into one man's dark mental descent. Nicolas Bro (Nicolas Bro) is an actor who uses his handheld camera as a means of making the outside world a more tolerable place. When his best friend Christoffer (director Boe) suggests that Nicolas film every aspect of his life as a means of breaking his stifling inhibitions, Nicolas determines to capture a real life love story on camera as he attempts to win back his wife Lene. Though initially an amusing distraction, Nicolas growing penchant for filming the most intimate aspects of his personal life finds him becoming increasingly distanced from the real-world repercussions of his actions. Now, as Nicolas reverts ever deeper into the stories of his past and eschews the outside world in favor of documenting every minute detail of his life, his loose grip on reality begins to slip with frightening consequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nicolas Bro, Lene Maria Christensen, (more)
A dejected beauty salon owner enters into a tenuous friendship with her shy, pre-operative transsexual neighbor in director Pernille Fischer Christensen's simmering tale of affection and compassion. Thirty-two year old Charlotte (Trine Dyrholm) may own a successful beauty salon, but her failing relationship with increasingly unstable live-in boyfriend Kristian (Frank Thiel) has found her opting to strike out on her own for a change. As Charlotte embarks on a series of strictly sexual one-night stands upstairs, downstairs neighbor Veronica (David Dencik) - born Ulrick - earns her keep as a dominatrix while taking female hormones, awaiting approval for gender reassignment surgery, and occasionally accepting provisions from his doting mother (Elsebeth Steentoft). When Charlotte requests the help of her downstairs neighbor in moving some furniture and carelessly identifies Veronica as a male, the depressive pre-op laments her chances for surgery and attempts to overdose on pills. Her suicide-attempt unexpectedly announced to her neighbors thanks to her whimpering dog Miss Daisy, Veronica is subsequently saved when Charlotte hears the animal's desperate cries and rushes her ailing neighbor to the hospital. Her selfless favor returned when Veronica defends her against a drunken Kristian shortly thereafter, lonely Charlotte eventually finds herself developing strong feelings for her neighbor despite her longstanding preference for the opposite sex. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, (more)
- 2004
Anna (Ann Eleonora Jørgensen of Italian for Beginners) has just been hired as the chaplain at a women's prison. Inexperienced, but compassionate and energetic, she begins to feel her way amongst the prisoners. Soon, a new prisoner, Kate (Trine Dyrholm of The Celebration), is transferred to the prison and causes a stir. Marion (Sonja Richter of Open Hearts), a junkie, has heard that Kate helped another prisoner get clean and goes to her when her fellow prisoner and dealer, Jossi (Sarah Boberg), cuts her off. Marion kicks heroin, and believes that the introspective Kate has healed her. When Anna gets wind of this, she goes to see Kate, but Kate doesn't want to talk to her. She's even a bit hostile, telling Anna to look after herself and the baby in her belly. Anna believes herself infertile after fruitlessly trying to have a child with her loving husband, Frank (Lars Ranthe). She's shocked to discover that she is actually pregnant, but her joy turns to dismay when she learns that the fetus may have a serious birth defect. Meanwhile, Henrik (Nicolaj Kopernikus), a mild-mannered guard, finds himself increasingly drawn to Kate, to the point of putting his job in jeopardy, while the ruthless Jossi, losing business, feels threatened by the strange new inmate. Writer/director Annette K. Olesen and co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson made In Your Hands in the Dogme style, shooting on video at Nyborg State Prison. The film was shown at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival and selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center for inclusion in New Directors/New Films. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, (more)
German director Ulrich Köhler made his feature debut with Bungalow. Pro skateboarder Lennie Burmeister stars in his first film role as Paul, a disaffected teen who lets his ennui carry him out of the army. He goes AWOL out of boredom, it seems, and goes to his family's bungalow in the country. There, he runs into an old girlfriend, Kersten (Nicole Glaser), who eventually grows tired of his fecklessness. That's okay with Paul, because his brother, Max (David Striesow), soon arrives with his sexy Danish girlfriend, Lene (Tryne Dyrholm), an actress gunning for a role as an android in a German science fiction film. Between dalliances with Kersten and attempts to avoid the military police who are looking for him, Paul, who has a fairly hostile relationship with Max, decides that he's fallen in love with Lene. He exerts what, for him, seems a great effort to get a few moments alone with her, and tries to persuade her to run off with him. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lennie Burmeister, Trine Dyrholm, (more)
- 2002
Jesper W. Nielsen's Okay is a family drama. Nete (Paprika Steen) is a take-charge, in-control woman who takes in her widower father, Johannes (Ole Ernst), after he is diagnosed with cancer. When Johannes stays longer than expected, Nete's professor husband, Kristian (Troels Lyby), initiates an affair with a student. Nete's 14-year-old daughter, Trine, is having troubles typical of an adolescent. Adding more stress to the household is Johannes' feud with his gay son, Martin. The two have been estranged since Martin revealed his sexual orientation to his family. Okay was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paprika Steen, Troels Lyby, (more)
- 2001
A bride leaves her groom at the altar, letting a chance occurrence shape her life in this Dutch drama. Kamilla (Trine Dyrholm) is engaged to marry her boyfriend, Henrik (Ulrich Thomsen), but as their wedding day approaches, she becomes more and more hesitant about the idea of tying the knot. Kamilla shows up for the ceremony in Las Vegas, but before she and Henrik can exchange "I Do"'s, she decides to call it off and ends up hitching a ride to parts unknown with Rock (Gareth Williams), a stranger with a motorcycle. Kamilla rides with Rock as far as California, but after an argument she decides to strike out on her own, only to catch a ride with a psychopathic circus clown. Rock catches up with Kamilla just in time and comes to the rescue, and she decides to join him for a trip to Seattle, trying to learn more about his radical social and political views which lead her into an unexpected position of danger. P. O. V. -- Point of View was directed by Tomas Gislason, who has frequently worked with Lars von Trier and here clearly shows the influence of the Dogma 95 school of filmmaking. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, Gareth Williams, (more)
A man looking to spice up his life gets a bit more excitement than he expected in this manic crime comedy. Arvid (Dejan Cukie) is a bank teller whose life has fallen into a rut -- so deep a rut that his girlfriend, Henne (Trine Dyrholm), breaks up with him for being too dull. Hoping to put some much-needed adventure into his life, Arvid helps stop a robbery at the bank by bashing would-be thief Franz (Peter Gantzler) over the head with a squash racquet. At first, Arvid is proud of his accomplishment, but Franz's wife, Astrid (Line Kruse), tracks him down and tells him a dubious story about how Franz was robbing the bank only so he could pay for medical treatments that would allow the couple to have a child. Imagining he can help out Franz and Astrid and prove himself a dangerous outlaw all at once, Arvid plots a robbery of his own bank, and even persuades his brother Harold (Kim Bodnia) to help out. But crime is not exactly second nature to Arvid and his crew, and soon they find themselves on the run from the Yugoslavian mafia. A major box-office hit in Denmark, I Kina Spiser de Hunde (aka In China They Eat Dogs) spawned a prequel, Gamle Mænd i Nye Biler, in 2002. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dejan Cukie, Kim Bodnia, (more)
This Danish comedy drama won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It opens in rural Denmark as family members assemble for the 60th birthday celebration of patriarch Helge (Henning Moritzen). At the family estate are Helge's children: France-based restaurateur Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), whose twin sister killed herself; surviving sister Helene (Paprika Steen); and younger brother Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen), married with three children. At the birthday dinner, the bitter Christian stands to deliver a toast -- but instead makes a startling speech accusing Helge of sexual abuse involving both twins. Following principles outlined in 1995 by Danish fimmakers in their Dogme 95 proclamation, this film adheres to their manifesto guidelines of handheld cameras, direct sound, location filming, and the elimination of technical tricks. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, (more)
- 1990
Franco is like a lot of teens who get into trouble: he has too much energy, too many dreams, and no real relationships. In this brisk melodrama, he has gotten into trouble with the authorities in Copenhagen, who have shipped him off to a foster home in the marshlands of Jutland, near the German border. There, he is consigned to the easygoing supervision of a border patrolman who isn't really concerned if the occasional illegal immigrant escapes his attentions. In addition, he gets to know the man's daughter, who keeps sheep, plays the trombone, and dreams of traveling in America. Before long, the two of them have fallen in love, and a series of adventures and misadventures befall them, resulting in their (temporary) separation. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Trine Dyrholm, Peter Schröder, (more)
