The final days of a terminally ill young man.
Acting
Thomas Bo Larsen's physically devastating transformation.
Direction
Vinterberg's handheld intimacy, years before Dogme 95.
Director
Thomas Vinterberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1993, this is Vinterberg's graduation film—essentially his thesis on how Danish cinema could do grief without sentimentality.
Thomas Bo Larsen later became Vinterberg's frequent collaborator, starring in 'The Celebration' and 'Another Round'—the director clearly had a type: men falling apart beautifully.
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