A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.
Acting
Harriet Andersson's luminous, withholding presence.
Cinematography
Grainy black-and-white train corridors and Rio dreams.
Writing
Schade's poetic dialogue, barely adapted, gloriously strange.

Director
Henning Carlsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jens August Schade's novel was considered unfilmable; Carlsen proved critics half-right.
This bombed in Denmark but became a minor cult object in France—typical.
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