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Kresten is a newly married man who claims he has no family. He suddenly learns that his father has died and that his retarded brother is alone on the abandoned family farm. He must confess to having had a family all along, and being ashamed of his rural background. When he goes to the farm, he tries to get out quickly by hiring a housekeeper to look after brother Rud. But the housekeeper isn't what... See Full Description
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Comedy, Drama and Romance |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 39 min. |
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| Release Date: |
February 25, 2000 NY |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for strong sexuality and language, and for some violence. |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Classics
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$585,016 |
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| Critics Reviews |
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N/A
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Flick Filosopher: Lies, Damned Lies, and Family Lies,
"The avant-garde movement in filmmaking known as Dogme (or Dogma) 95 -- which eschews any artistic pretensions or artifice in the making of a movie -- was conceived by directors in Copenhagen in 1995." Full Review...
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James Berardinelli,
(3 out of 4 stars) "It's refreshing to see a movie in which there are no special effects, no camera tricks, and no incidental music to strum on a viewer's emotional strings." Full Review...
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Mr Showbiz,
(53 out of 100) "An evocatively photographed country idyll about an impromptu dysfunctional family, Kragh-Jacobesen's 'Mifune' is so Hollywood in its narrative telegraphing and heartwarming contrivancees that you can easily imabine it starring Matthew Broderick, Oliver Platt, and Charlize Theron." Full Review...
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New York Times,
"In 1995 the Danish filmmakers Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg promulgated a list of 10 principles -- the now notorious Dogma 95 "vow of chastity" -- in the hope of rescuing world cinema, once again, from decadent bourgeois individualism." Full Review...
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