Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.
Acting
Jesper Asholt's Rud: never cute, always devastating.
Direction
Kragh-Jacobsen bends Dogme rules for pure tenderness.
Writing
Hateable protagonist who earns your forgiveness slowly.
Director
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Third and final Dogme 95 film—Kragh-Jacobsen was the 'forgotten' founder until this proved he had heart.
The title references Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai; Rud obsessively quotes it, and the film itself becomes a 'village protects the vulnerable' story.
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