Dogme 95
Dogme 95 is a film movement started by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in 1995 and lasting about ten years. The movement’s manifesto championed a focus on story, acting, and theme, and decried the use of elaborate special effects or technology. While 35 films were eventually certified as part of the official movement, this week we present the nine currently streaming in the US.
In Your Hands
(Forbrydelser)
Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain and meets an inmate with mysterious healing powers.
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- Denmark • 2004
- Director Annette K. Olesen
- Cast Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Sonja Richter, Sarah Boberg, Lars Ranthe
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
Open Hearts
(Elsker dig for evigt)
Cecilie's fiancee suffers a tragic accident and she begins an affair with a doctor she meets at the hospital.
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- Denmark • 2002
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard, Birthe Neumann
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Tubi TV
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
(En kærlighedshistorie)
After spending two years in a psychiatric institution, Kira comes home to her husband, Mads, and their children, hoping to reconnect with her family and get on with her life.
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- Denmark • 2001
- Director Ole Christian Madsen
- Cast Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Sven Wollter, Peaches Latrice Petersen, Camilla Bendix, Lotte Bergstrøm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Cabin Fever
(Når nettene blir lange)
A large family gathers for a reunion in a cabin in the mountains over Christmas vacation. But when circumstances become less than ideal, tempers begin to fray.
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- Sweden, Norway, Denmark • 2000
- Director Mona J. Hoel
- Cast Svein Scharffenberg, Gørild Mauseth, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Kari Simonsen, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Benedikte Lindbeck
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Italian for Beginners
(Italiensk for begyndere)
A group of strangers find friendship, family and love within an Italian beginners’ course.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2000
- Director Lone Scherfig
- Cast Peter Gantzler, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Lars Kaalund, Sara Indrio Jensen
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The King Is Alive
A group of tourists stranded in the Namibian desert attempt to put on a production of King Lear.
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- Denmark, Sweden, United States • 2000
- Director Kristian Levring
- Cast Romane Bohringer, David Calder, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Bradley, Brion James, Miles Anderson
- Genre Drama
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel
Mifune
(Mifunes sidste sang)
A businessman's life is threatened by a past that includes a retarded brother and a beautiful woman with secrets of her own.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 1999
- Director Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- Cast Anders W. Berthelsen, Iben Hjejle, Jesper Asholt, Sofie Gråbøl, Emil Tarding, Anders Hove
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Celebration
(Festen)
Dark family secrets are uncovered at a 60th birthday party.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 1998
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Idiots
(Idioterne)
A commune of adults seek to eschew the propriety of bourgeois society by pretending to be disabled in public.
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- Denmark, Spain, Sweden • 1998
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI