Louise Mieritz Movies
- 2008
Adolescence can be one of the most confusing and disorienting periods of life, as the characters at the center of this youth drama could readily testify. For Max (Samuel Heller-Seiffert), puberty lies ahead. He wants nothing more than to spend this Christmas or New Year's Eve with a girl in his class who has seized his attention - Ofelia (Ophelia Eriksen). Unfortunately, while Max's mother, Agnete, has her heart in the right place, she often ends up making a mess of everything, which is exactly what happens at Christmas. That leaves only New Year's for Max to make his move on Ofelia. He decides to wrest control of the situation by throwing the best New Year's Eve anyone has ever seen, with his two friends Hassan (Faysal Mobahriz) and Esther (Agafia Svideniouk Egholm), and inviting Ofelia. But things don't quite work out as planned when Esther unveils her true feelings for Max before he even has an opportunity to talk to Ofelia. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Samuel Heller-Seiffert, Mette Horn, (more)
- 2007
Left at a loss as to what measures must be taken in order to save their crumbling society, the Danish government enacts martial law and begins systematically executing tax evaders, welfare abusers, and various other inexpedient citizens in director Anders Ronnow Klarlund's blackly comic satire. The time is the not-too-distant future, and the "New Copenhagen Criteria" has finally been enacted. A government mandated system in which any citizen deemed a drain on the state is classified as expendable has found a large collection of potential deadbeats rounded up for questioning in a make-shift Guantanamo Bay-style prison camp constructed on the site of a commandeered elementary school. Their interrogator: Major Christian Andersson (Søren Pilmark), a ruthless judge, jury, and executioner whose activities are monitored by wishy-washy Parliament representative Folke (Soren Fauli). After forcing a false confession from artist-turned-bureaucrat (Tommy Kenter) and then putting a bullet in his head, Major Andersson finds his trigger-happy ways thwarted by the very woman who drafted the disastrous criteria. Though currently being detained in the schoolyard and awaiting judgment, suspected welfare abuser Belinda (Louise Mieritz) is actually former civil servant Sidse, the mastermind of the "New Copenhagen Criteria." Aghast at what has become of her well-intending plan, Sidse soon aligns herself with a fearless group of rebels while coaching her fellow detainees in implementing a legal loophole that may just help them escape execution. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Søren Pilmark, Louise Mieritz, (more)
Lars von Trier's black comedy The Boss of It All (Direktøren for Det Hele) concerns an IT company owner who -- in need of a figurehead to "hide behind" when confronted with employee problems -- invented the personage of a CEO during the startup period for his corporation. The scheme worked for a surprisingly long period, but when the time arrives to sell the business, massive problems arise -- for the prospective buyers insist on only negotiating with the CEO, in person. Thus, the owner further extends the ruse, by hiring a down-and-out actor to impersonate the chief officer. With Direktøren for Det Hele, von Trier uses a new means of filmmaking for this film: Automavision, whereby filming is done with an "automatic randomized camera" that selects the shots. It became a means for Von Trier to "clean up" his approach to directorial work and reconnect with his own love of filmmaking. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, (more)
- 2003
Natasha Arthy's Dogma-certified Se Til Venstre, Der Er En Svensker (The Dog's Called Fiat 128) follows what happens to a woman in the 48 hours before her wedding. Katrine (Sidse Babett) is set to marry Jonas (Soren Byder) in two days when Thomsen (Björn Kjellman), the former boyfriend of Katrine's institutionalized sister, pays a visit. The sister became depressed when Thomsen left her. Katrine and Thomsen end up sharing a memorable night. This film was screened at the Gothenburg Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sidse Babett Knudsen, Björn Kjellman, (more)
- 1998
- R
Lars von Trier wrote (in four days) and directed this Danish comedy-drama about a group of Copenhagen eccentrics who find a therapeutic release and confront apathy via unacceptable, idiotic behavior which they call "spazzing." Stoffer (Jens Albinus) is supposed to be selling his uncle's house but instead it becomes the focal point for geeky group activities. Restaurant patrons are disturbed by the group's mischief, but single diner Karen (Bodil Jorgensen) develops an appreciation of their antics. Stoffer, at his birthday party, wishes for a "gangbang," and both clothes and inhibitions are soon discarded. But when Stoffer calls for the group members to let idiocy invade their personal daily lives, only Karen takes up the challenge. Shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, (more)
