1962 is the year when an entire generation lives life as though it was their last day. Young activist Eik Skaløe has his entire life turned upside down when he falls head over heels in love with the beautiful peace activist Iben Nagel Rasmussen, and she falls in love with him. But Iben is a child of the times, and freely accepts the order of the day: free love and sex. She renounces personal right of ownership and will not settle for one man when she can have several. In typically romantic fashion, he begins a struggle to win all of her love. As a poet, writer and singer he constantly confesses his love to her. But Eik must accept defeat, and in 1968 he travels without his beloved Itsi Bitsi to Nepal, the Land of Dreams in the East. A journey from which he will never return.
Acting
Thure Lindhardt's wrecked intensity as a father watching history repeat
Production
Gloriously sweaty, authentic 60s Copenhagen hipster hellscape
Direction
Madsen lets romance curdle in real time, no relief
Director
Ole Christian Madsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Eik Skaløe founded Steppeulvene, Denmark's first rock band with original Danish lyrics; his actual poems appear in the film.
The title comes from Skaløe's nickname for Iben Nagel Rasmussen, who became a world-renowned Odin Teatret performer and never publicly discussed their relationship until this film forced the conversation.
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