Den eneste ene (1999)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Susanne Bier

Writers:

Kim Fupz Aakeson (screenplay)
Susanne Bier (idea)

Release Date:

1 April 1999 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Hun er helt vild... bare ikke med ham.

Plot:

When handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.

Plot Keywords:

Kitchen | Love | Italian | Adoption | Onion

Awards:

9 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Sidse Babett Knudsen	...	Sus
Niels Olsen	...	Niller
Søs Egelind	...	Lizzie
Rafael Edholm	...	Sonny
Paprika Steen	...	Stella
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Mulle
Lars Kaalund	...	Knud
Vanessa Gouri	...	Mgala
Hella Joof	...	Adoptionsdame / Adoption lady
Jannie Faurschou	...	Fertilitetslæge / Fertility doctor
Jacob Thuesen	...	Par med nyt køkken / Couple with new kitchen
Lars Kjeldgård	...	Par med nyt køkken / Couple with new kitchen (as Lars Kjeldgaard)
Berrit Kvorning	...	Klinikchefen / Clinic leader
Liv Corfixen	...	Sonnys elskerinde / Sonny's mistress
Charlotte Munck	...	Kunde / Customer

Also Known As:

Only the Lonely (Denmark) (working title)
The One and Only (Europe: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Denmark:11 (DVD rating) | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Sandrew Metronome Distribution

Goofs:

Continuity: In the hospital, the paper sticking out of Sonny's bleeding nose jumps from right nostril to left and back again.

Quotes:

Knud: If your dick was a pizza which number would it be?

Movie Connections:

Remade as The One and Only (2002)

Soundtrack:

The One and Only

A highly recommendable, funny, danish movie!

First of all I will like to say that I think this danish movie really captures the essence of a good and funny danish movie. In some years now, danish movies have been almost nothing but DOGME, violence, or interracial confrontations. This film is the return of the uplifting, joyfull danish films from the mid 80s without that much to worry about.

The story in itself isn't much, the plot is very easy to guess as the movie starts, but the simplicity is to me 'the touch' in this movie.

Actor Niels Olsen stars in quite a new type of role, he is almost not funny at all, but he does this very well, playing Niller, a kitchen assembly/repairman and the under dog in a marriage that never should have been. Niller and his very edgy and controlling wife are in the process of adopting a little african girl, when Niller meets the kitchen craving Sus (played with a lot of spirit by actress Sidse Babette Knudsen), a woman who is very hard to forget just like that---even though she has this hip italian boy friend. The facts that Niller is entrapped by his marriage and new fatherhood and that Sus is engaged to be married should not leave much of a story to tell. But this is changed by a very convenient car accident and some fooling around. Hmmm!