NORDIC FILMS AT TITANIC FILM FESTIVAL
17 April 2007. - www.skandinavhaz.hu

This year Titanic offers some good movies from the Scandinavian film production of the last couple of years. Skandináv Ház suggest you the Princess of Anders Morgenthaler and Izzat, the film directed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen.

Princess (Denmark, 2006)

Dir.: Anders Morgenthaler
Scr.: Anders Morgenthaler, Mette Heeno
Phot.: Kasper Tuxen Andersen
Editor: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Music: Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen
Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Stine Fischer Christensen, Margrethe Koytu, Tommy Kenter, Christian Tafdrup
Format: 35 mm
Colour
78 mins


Following the death of his sister Christina, August leaves his missionary work abroad and returns home to become guardian to his niece, the five-year-old Mia, a morose moppet whose only friend is her stuffed bunny rabbit. As it turns out, Christina had another life as The Princess, a porn superstar. August learns of abuses stemming from Mom’s lifestyle that have scarred poor Mia. Distraught and confused, August launches a vicious crusade to obliterate evidence of his sister’s legacy, targeting the owners of Paradise Lust, the pornographers exploiting Princess’s image even after her death.

“Princess is contentious even in cartoon form: the images of the Taxi Driver-like rampage. Under Princess’s broken bodies and sleaze, Morgenthaler has created a textured beauty – his characters walk through urban settings, dissolving into fantastical landscapes that feel rooted more in European comic art than in the current mainstreams of Western and Japanese animation. He also incorporates live-action, home-video-style footage to fill in the background of August’s relationship with his sister. The motivation for August’s vendetta is sure to divide opinion, but Princess is undeniably a dazzling debut and a superbly crafted achievement in adult animation.” (Colin Geddes)

Schedule:
April 14., Saturday 14:00 Toldi (V., Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38., tel.: 472-0397. Ticket: 850 HUF)
April 22., Sunday 18:00 Toldi (V., Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38., tel.: 472-0397. Ticket: 850 HUF)

Izzat (Norway, 2005)

Dir.: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
Scr.: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, Leon Bashir
Phot.: Gaute Gunnari
Editor: Wibecke Rønseth
Music: Magnus Beite
Cast: Emil Marwa, Khawar Sadiq, Assad Siddique, Daud Mirza, Jan Sælid
Format: 35 mm
Colour
107 mins

Told in flashback via voiceover, plot explains the rise and fall Wassim, eventual leader Oslo’s “East Side Crew”, a gang of drug dealers all either born in Pakistan or second-generation immigrants. In the early ‘80s show young Wassim dealing with his immigrant family, racist locals, and what he calls “the most boring city in the world”. He and his two best friends Munawar and Riaz get taken on as junior members of the East Side Crew when they impress the gang’s leader Saddiq with their cunning. By the time they hit their early 20s in the ‘90s, all three have grown rich dealing drugs. Naturally, it all starts to go wrong because of greed, and most of pic’s midsection is given over to exploring the assorted internecine betrayals that lead to a protracted series of vengeful acts in last reels.

Schedule:
April 20., Friday 20:45 Vörösmarty (VIII., Üllői út 4., tel.: 317-4542. Ticket: 700 HUF)
April 21., Saturday 19:00 Toldi (V., Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38., tel.: 472-0397. Ticket: 850 HUF)

Related links:
Titanic Filmfestival