A Copenhagen street kid gets a fairy-tale foster home — what could possibly go sideways?
Franco lives in a rough part of Copenhagen. His hooker mother has little time for him. Franco drifts into a life of crime, repeatedly confronting the authorities. To give him a new start, he’s placed in a foster home far away from Copenhagen. His new family greets him with warm hospitality. There’s also the beautiful countryside and, last but not least, the teen-aged daughter
Acting
Young Trine Dyrholm's magnetic presence before she became Denmark's queen
Cinematography
Jarring Copenhagen concrete vs. pastoral fantasy landscapes
Director
Eddie Thomas Petersen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Trine Dyrholm's feature debut at age 22; she'd win Best Actress at Berlinale seven years later and become one of Denmark's most decorated performers.
Spring Tide arrived during Denmark's 1990s 'new wave' of social realist cinema, though its tonal whiplash between Dogme-adjacent grit and fairy-tale romance left critics baffled.
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