Denis Lavant, the iconic French actor of Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail” and Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors,” stars in “Redoubt,” the feature debut of rising contemporary artist-turned-director John Skoog.
Currently in post, the black-and-white film is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) and Erik Hemmendorff. Skoog previously directed the California-set documentary short “Shadowland” which completed for a Golden Bear at the Berlinale.
“Redoubt” (“Reduit”) is a narrative film that expands on Skoog’s video installation by the same name which won the prestigious Baloise Art Prize in 2014, and is also part of the artist’s exhibition “Walls.”
Lavant’s reclusive character in “Redoubt” is inspired by Karl-Göran Persson, a farmer known as a good samaritan on the verge of madness, who lived near Skoog’s home town Kvidinge during WWII. After receiving a warning by the Swedish...
Currently in post, the black-and-white film is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) and Erik Hemmendorff. Skoog previously directed the California-set documentary short “Shadowland” which completed for a Golden Bear at the Berlinale.
“Redoubt” (“Reduit”) is a narrative film that expands on Skoog’s video installation by the same name which won the prestigious Baloise Art Prize in 2014, and is also part of the artist’s exhibition “Walls.”
Lavant’s reclusive character in “Redoubt” is inspired by Karl-Göran Persson, a farmer known as a good samaritan on the verge of madness, who lived near Skoog’s home town Kvidinge during WWII. After receiving a warning by the Swedish...
- 2/4/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
“Betrayed” doesn’t depict anything that hasn’t been seen many times before, but that’s less a knock on its lack of originality than a sad reflection of the fact that millions suffered similar hardships, tragedies and horrors during the Holocaust. Based on a true story, Eirik Svensson’s WWII saga focuses on the Braude family, who along with hundreds of fellow Norwegian Jews were rounded up and sent to work camps or, via the SS Donau cargo ship on Nov. 26, 1942, to Auschwitz, from which they never returned. , and no less valuable — or powerful — for being regrettably familiar.
Svensson opens “Betrayed” with Nazi collaborator Knut Rød (Anders Danielsen Lie) tranquilly dispensing orders to his men to detain the remaining Jews left in Oslo. It’s a small, quiet vision of the bureaucratic work upon which fascist genocide is built, and it casts a mournful pall over the ensuing action,...
Svensson opens “Betrayed” with Nazi collaborator Knut Rød (Anders Danielsen Lie) tranquilly dispensing orders to his men to detain the remaining Jews left in Oslo. It’s a small, quiet vision of the bureaucratic work upon which fascist genocide is built, and it casts a mournful pall over the ensuing action,...
- 12/3/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Efp 2014 Shooting Star Jakob Oftebro leads the cast.
Scandinavian sales agent TrustNordisk has set several deals for Second World War drama Betrayed, heading into this week’s American Film Market.
The film has sold to France (Mediawan), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film) and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
It will be available as a private screening to buyers only during AFM.
Betrayed tells the story of Norwegian Jews in the Second World War, whose initial protection is dismantled by German troops, leading to hundreds of them being transported to Auschwitz.
European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Star...
Scandinavian sales agent TrustNordisk has set several deals for Second World War drama Betrayed, heading into this week’s American Film Market.
The film has sold to France (Mediawan), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film) and Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia (Cinemania Group).
It will be available as a private screening to buyers only during AFM.
Betrayed tells the story of Norwegian Jews in the Second World War, whose initial protection is dismantled by German troops, leading to hundreds of them being transported to Auschwitz.
European Film Promotion 2014 Shooting Star...
- 11/9/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Crown Jewels
Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Written by Ella Lemhagen and Carina Dahl
Sweden, 2011
Fragancia (Alicia Vikander) walks into her interrogation. As she sits in silence, a detective inquires, “Tell me what happened. You went up to Mr. Persson’s house at midnight to see Richard Persson. Why?”
Fragancia answers, “If I’m going to tell you, I want you to believe me.”
Her testimony also serves as the plot to Ella Lemhagen’s The Crown Jewels, and as Fragancia intimates, the story is fairly hard to believe.
The film starts off with the shooting of Richard Persson (Bill Skarsgård from Simon and the Oaks), Fragancia’s childhood acquaintance. Because she was at the scene of the crime, she’s arrested, and at her interrogation, she reveals her tempestuous childhood in order to vindicate herself of any wrongdoing.
When we are exposed to Fragancia’s childhood, the film becomes an examination of gender roles,...
Directed by Ella Lemhagen
Written by Ella Lemhagen and Carina Dahl
Sweden, 2011
Fragancia (Alicia Vikander) walks into her interrogation. As she sits in silence, a detective inquires, “Tell me what happened. You went up to Mr. Persson’s house at midnight to see Richard Persson. Why?”
Fragancia answers, “If I’m going to tell you, I want you to believe me.”
Her testimony also serves as the plot to Ella Lemhagen’s The Crown Jewels, and as Fragancia intimates, the story is fairly hard to believe.
The film starts off with the shooting of Richard Persson (Bill Skarsgård from Simon and the Oaks), Fragancia’s childhood acquaintance. Because she was at the scene of the crime, she’s arrested, and at her interrogation, she reveals her tempestuous childhood in order to vindicate herself of any wrongdoing.
When we are exposed to Fragancia’s childhood, the film becomes an examination of gender roles,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
The final chapter of Stieg Larsson‘s crime trilogy is hitting Us theaters this month and we have a new trailer. I’m working my way through the novels and nearly done with this final book. It’s a fantastic read and plan to watch the trilogy back-to-back before we see David Fincher‘s take on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Directed by Daniel Alfredson, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Anders Ahlbom and Hans Alfredson. Check out the trailer via Yahoo.
Synopsis: Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In intensive care and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
Directed by Daniel Alfredson, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Anders Ahlbom and Hans Alfredson. Check out the trailer via Yahoo.
Synopsis: Lisbeth Salander is fighting for her life in more ways than one. In intensive care and charged with three murders, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
- 10/1/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The chaps over at Blogomatic 3000 have posted the very first image for the third movie in the Stieg Larsson series of books – The Millennium Series. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire have been in UK cinemas to critical acclaim, so much so that the Us have picked them up to remake them in English with Daniel Craig starring.
This third and final novel titled ‘The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest’ is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Anders Ahlbom and Lena Endre.
Synopsis: Salander is plotting her revenge – against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set...
This third and final novel titled ‘The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest’ is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Anders Ahlbom and Lena Endre.
Synopsis: Salander is plotting her revenge – against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set...
- 9/23/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – In our latest crime/mystery edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-one passes up for grabs for the new film “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”! The film, which is based on the international best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson, opens on March 19, 2010.
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz, Björn Granath, Ewa Fröling, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Annika Hallin, Sofia Ledarp, Tomas Köhler and David Dencik from director
Niels Arden Oplev and writers Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg.
This screening will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. To win your free “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” movie pass courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it!
The movie poster for “The Girl With the Dragon...
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz, Björn Granath, Ewa Fröling, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Annika Hallin, Sofia Ledarp, Tomas Köhler and David Dencik from director
Niels Arden Oplev and writers Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg.
This screening will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. To win your free “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” movie pass courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it!
The movie poster for “The Girl With the Dragon...
- 3/16/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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