Bleeder (1999)

Director:

Nicolas Winding Refn

Writer:

Nicolas Winding Refn (writer)

Release Date:

6 August 1999 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Leo and Louise are a young couple living together in Copenhagen. Leo often goes out with his friends while Louise usually stays home...

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Friend | Racist | Brother In Law Brother In Law Relationship | Small Talk

Awards:

2 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Kim Bodnia	...	Leo
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Lenny
Zlatko Buric	...	Kitjo
Liv Corfixen	...	Lea
Levino Jensen	...	Louis
Rikke Louise Andersson	...	Louise
Claus Flygare	...	Joe
Ole Abildgaard	...	Video shop customer
Gordana Radosavljevic	...	Mika
Marko Zecewic	...	Marko
Dusan Zecewic	...	Dusan
John Barimani	...	Kiosk owner
Ramadan Huseini	...	Friend in kiosk
Karsten Schrøder	...	Røde
Sven Erik Eskeland Larsen	...	Svend

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Denmark:15 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Kamikaze

Trivia:

Kitjo (Zlatko Buric) wanting three Tuborg beers, before watching a movie with the guys, is a reference to his role in a Tuborg commercial campaign playing a foreign kiosk owner, also directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Especially noted for his accent pronouncing Tuborg with a hard g (Which is not correct in Danish).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning, the TV set changes between a movie and a test image between shots.

Movie Connections:

References Madman (1982)

Soundtrack:

Love

Intense!!!!

So I travel from Sweden to Copenhagen to see a movie, paying about 15 bucks for the trip, and another 10 for the movie. 25 bucks for a movie???? Was it worth it????

Damn right it was, this is Nicholas Winding Refn´s second feature, and after his masterful debut: Pusher I really had my hopes up. And boy was it good.

The tempo is a little slower than Pusher, but it really suits the movie. It´s got great dialogue that kinda reminded me of Clerks in some places, especially the scenes in the videostore. The theme of the movie in my mind is about men, and our problems with talking to each other and to women. Sure there are scenes with really disturbing and realistic violence. But I feel it has more in common with John Cassavettes, than Abel Ferrara and Martin Scorsese that I think were refn inspirations for Pusher.

The actors are brilliant all around, especially Mads Mikkelsen who does a fantastic performance as a filmgeek, with major problems when it comes to talking and being around girls. And Kim Bodnia gives a really introspective performance that proves his status as one of europe´s if not the whole worlds best actors.

All in all a very powerful, and intense movie that is a must see