THE SUBSTITUTE / VIKAREN
Denmark 2007 Genre: sci-fi, space alien dupes the Danish education system Colour –
35 mm – 93 min –in Danish, subtitled in English and French
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Director: Ole Bornedal
Production company: Thura Film Screenplay: Ole Bornedal, Henrik Prip Photography: Dan Laustsen |
Editing: Thomas Krag
Music: Marco Beltrami French distributor: Zylo |
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Cast: Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Jacob Fals Nygaard |
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Synopsis
Eight graders in a Danish school are confronted with an over the top, charismatic substitute teacher. With destabilising brio, she alternates insult with praise, reads minds, calculates faster than a mainframe. Some suspicious children realise early on that she is from outer space, but typically, parents and the school authorities, eager for children to “succeed”, are seduced by her ambitious promises. But there are moments when the substitute seems destabilised herself, especially by earthlings’ capacity for love. Ruse, real, or both?
OLE BORNEDAL
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Born 1959 in Denmark, Ole Bornedal began his career in radio and TV, and played a key role in the renewal of Danish TV satire. He wrote and directed for the theatre and enjoyed great success with his TV plays and series. His first feature film Nightwatch (Nattevagten) established him in the Danish new wave of the 1990s. His third feature film I am Dina (2002) achieved wide-screen
release in Europe. In 2007, he made The Subsitute and Just Another Love Story, selected for the Sundance Festival in the United States. He is currently working on a thriller, Fri os fra det onde. |
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