Helle Ryslinge Movies

The passionate love between an elderly couple is chronicled in this tender romance. Both Carlo and Ester are octogenarians. Carlo, a bricklayer and racing champion lives with his wife Viola, who suffers severely from Alzheimer's, in a nursing home. Ester is a widow who lives alone in a small apartment. They meet at a funeral and soon fall in love. Their children and friends are appalled; especially after the two begin an ill concealed sexual relationship. Ester understands, that despite their passion, Carlo needs to spend most of his time with Viola. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

In this animated feature, intended mostly for the pleasure of children, some characters are far more bohemian than is customary in better known American and Japanese productions, which may give the adults who are sometimes dragooned into watching these things some unexpected pleasure. In the story, an owl, a loving duo of adolescent sparrows, and some flight-loving mice join together to combat the threat to their lives presented by Fagin, a hawk-like predator who oppresses them. They construct various traps and surprises for the evil bird. When they are not doing that, they have some fun together. One highlight of the show is a seaside sequence in which a seagull entertainer leads a dance and gets everybody, including some cardplaying birds, a few drunk ones, and a flirtatious hen, to join in. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

In this ironic, spare drama, happiness is indeed elusive. Everyone in the small fishing community Lotta and Mia live in tries very hard to be nice, but character will out, and they usually don't succeed. Lotta (Helle Ryslinge) moved there 17 years before, hoping that by marrying a steady but dull fisherman, she could find a home for herself and her illegitimate daughter Mia (Stine Bierlich). But whatever comfort there was has gone out of the marriage, and Lotta now spends her days working at a cannery and her evenings tending to the players at a perpetual gambling event held in their house. Among the usual guests is the owner of the factory everyone in the village works for, whether directly or indirectly. He would like to bed both Lotta and her daughter, but his son gets to the daughter first with a marriage proposal, and the whole town gets together, (awkwardly, as is their wont) to celebrate the nuptials. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This entertaining tragi-comedy looks at the contradictions in a nurse's (Kirsten Lehfeldt) personality and how they work against her. Henriette (Lehfeldt) leaves her boyfriend when he makes it clear that he does not want marriage or children, and she transfers her affections to Leowe (Torben Jensen), a surgeon at the hospital where she works. She is leery of showing her true feelings, hiding them by being a little quirky. Leowe is not exactly a perfect companion either and is not interested in marriage. Soon that relationship starts to spell trouble in capital letters, causing Henry to make some radical decisions. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Jesper (Stig Ramsing) is apparently a calm, quiet, and reserved worker inside a post office in Copenhagen, though two things mar that picture: he sometimes steals what he suspects is a love letter to read to himself later, imagining that the contents were directed to him, and he has dreams of his mother stabbing his father -- his childhood was obviously a wreck. When he meets Lillian (Helle Ryslinge) a student who works at night in a bar, he finds the beginning of a romance at last. But after he is dismissed by Lillian so she can study for her exams, he gets suspicious, and finds out she is seeing someone else. Upset by this betrayal, he comes across a little girl named Lillian outside, and offers to help her find the hiding place she is looking for. The next scene shows a blood-stained Jesper staggering away from the "hiding place," his dark side visible for the first time. Arrest seems inevitable, and his relationship with his former girlfriend is a question yet to be decided. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

In this non-narrative film, Clemens has just escaped from prison. His old girlfriend Maria knows this and also knows of his many, many flaws. All the same, she is happy to see him, and he is welcome to stay with her. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide