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Speed Walking (2015 Feature Film)

Niels Arden Oplev | Denmark | 2014 | 108 min | Danish

Bitter-sweet coming-of-age comedy about 14-year-old Martin. The sudden death of his mother puts his rite of passage from boy to man in a higher gear. With 1970s clothing and music, racing hormones and refined supporting roles from Borgen stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Pilou Asbaek.
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It’s 1976 and in a small Danish town, the air is pregnant with music and racing hormones. Martin (14) is on the eve of his first communion. In the middle of this already turbulent time, Martin’s mother suddenly dies. With an over-emotional brother and a completely devastated father, Martin basically faces it all on his own. No wonder that Martin throws himself into his friends, his possible girlfriend and speed walking.

Speed Walking has heartrending moments, but in general the tone is strikingly lively and down-to-earth. That is partly because of the apparently impassive face of the protagonist, Villads Bøye, as well as fine supporting roles by Borgen stars Sidse Babett Knudsen and Pilou Asbæk, and the wonderful art direction and soundtrack. The film also distinguishes itself with its cheerful, matter-of-fact approach to sex; the adolescents are perfectly free to investigate their preferences. They don’t take too much notice of their adult role models, because they really make a mess of things.

Place: The Cinemas 2

Date: 27 March 2015

Time: 21:45

Duration: 2:00

Year in
Festival

2015

Director

Niels Arden Oplev

Camera

Rasmus Videbæk

Cast

Villads Bøye
Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Kraka Donslund Nielsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Pilou Asbæk

Country

Denmark

Editor

Anne Østerud

Language

Danish

Length

108 min

Music

Jacob Groth

Producer

Thomas Heinesen

Production Company

Nordisk Film Production A/S

Production Design

Rie Lykke

Sales

TrustNordisk

Scenario

Bo Hr. Hansen
based on a novel by Morten Kirkskov

Sound Design

Peter Schultz

Year of Production

2014

Website

www.dfi-film.dk/kapgang

Niels Arden OPLEV (1961, Denemarken) volgde een opleiding aan de Deense filmacademie. Hij studeerde in 1989 af met de film Kyndelmisse en de documentaire Hugo fra himmerland. Hij bleef films en documentaires maken, maar begon ook tv-series te regisseren. Met zijn verfilming van Stieg Larssons The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) boekte Oplev internationaal succes.

 

Filmography

Kyndelmisse (1989, short), Hugo fra himmerland (1989, doc), Den sovende (1990, doc), Tusmørke (1990, short), (Nøgen (1992, short), Ritualer, enerum (1992, doc), En succes (1993), Portland (1996), Headbang i Hovedlandet (1997, TV doc), Taxa/Taxi (1998, TV series), Rejseholdet/Unit One (2000, TV series), Fukssvansen/Chop Chop (2001), Forsvar/Defense (2003, TV series), Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004-2006, TV series), Drømmen/We Shall Overcome (2006), To verdener/Worlds Apart (2008), Män som hatar kvinnor/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), Millennium (2011, TV miniseries), Unforgettable (2011, TV series), Dead Man Down (2013), Under the Dome (2013, TV Series), Kapgang/Speed Walking (2014)