Morten Arnfred's warm comedy Lykkevej (Move Me) begins with Sara (Birthe Neumann) being left by her husband of a quarter century. Sara gets a job and moves into a new home on a street populated by eccentrics. Neighbor Robert (Jesper Lohmann) showers in his backyard, has been in mourning since his wife's death, and annoys his neighbors by keeping junk on his front yard. Sara and Robert tentatively strike up a relationship, while a couple on the street, Sus and Bo (Ditte Grbl and Asger Reher), have their own marriage issues to deal with. Move Me was screened at the Gothenburg Film Festival.
Acting
Birthe Neumann's magnificent controlled desperation—every sigh lands.
Writing
Neighbors so specific you swear you've lived on this street.
Director
Morten Arnfred
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danish 'hygge' cinema often hides profound loneliness behind cozy surfaces; this film inverts that entirely.
Birthe Neumann won Denmark's top film prize for this role after decades of being cast as 'the wife.'
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