Prague
( Prag )
- Director: Ole Christian Madsen
- Screenplay: Kim Fupz Aakeson, Ole Christian Madsen
- Dir. of Photography: Jørgen Johansson
- Music: Jonas Struck
- Designer: Jette Lehmann
- Editor: Søren B. Ebbe
- Producer: Morten Kaufmann
- Production: Nimbus Film
- Sales: Trust Film Sales AS
- Contact: Danish Film Institute
Cast
Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Bořivoj Navrátil, Jana Plodková
Synopsis
Marriage on the rocks has long been on the menu at cinema’s vast bar, but few recent helmers have managed to mix as potent a brew as Ole Christian Madsen in the long dramatic draught that is
Prague. The story of a Copenhagen marriage that slowly crumbles during a sad, darkly quirky trip to the Czech capital, this widescreen wedge of underplayed Danish discord is far more resonant and focused than Madsen’s previous export,
Kira’s Reason: A Love Story. Focusing in large part on faces, and fragments of faces, in the drama, Madsen uses the rigid countenance of Mads Mikkelsen and the troubled beauty of Stine Stengade – both outstanding – as windows to their turbulent souls. This perfectly calibrated balance of chamber drama with the persistent wisp of dark humor renders the pic a throwback to Euro artfare of yore.
Film Guests
Ole Christian Madsen
Contacts
Danish Film Institute
Gothersgade 55, DK - 1123 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tel: +45 33 743 400
Fax: +45 33 743 435
E-mail:
dfi@dfi.dk
Nimbus Film
Filmbyen 20, 2650 Hvidovre
Denmark
Tel: +45 363 709 10
Fax: +45 363 409 11
E-mail:
nimbus@nimbusfilm.dk
Trust Film Sales AS
Filmbyen 12, 2650 Hvidovre
Denmark
Tel: +45 36 868 788
Fax: +45 36 774 448
E-mail:
sofie@trust-film.dk