She loves to ride in the bus and read smart book ... He likes to sit by the water and drink soda ... She loves to write down their thoughts on the fly and be glad that they do not end ... He likes to watch as boats come and invent passengers biography ... She loves ice cream and menthol cigarettes ... And he - horses and storefronts ... She had to roam the streets at night, even if you do not want to ... he loves the city nightlife, which helps him to dream ... and one day ... quite by accident ... They meet ... hE and SHE ...
Cinematography
Copenhagen becomes a character, all shadows and longing.
Direction
Henning-Jensen builds entire love story without a single spoken word.
Acting
Hertz and Rode say everything with glances, never lips.
Director
Astrid Henning-Jensen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Denmark's 1960s 'modern break' movement, rejecting classical narrative for emotional impressionism. Henning-Jensen was rare female voice in European art cinema.
The entire screenplay fit on four pages — mostly camera directions and mood notes. Actors improvised their internal rhythms.
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