Reconstruction (2003)

Director:

Christoffer Boe

Writers:

Mogens Rukov (writer)
Christoffer Boe (writer)

Release Date:

26 September 2003 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Love Affair | Subway | Feature Film Directorial Debut | Copenhagen Denmark

Awards:

11 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Klaus Mulbjerg	...	Tryllekunstner
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Alex David
Maria Bonnevie	...	Simone / Aimee
Krister Henriksson	...	August Holm
Nicolas Bro	...	Leo Sand
Peter Steen	...	Mel David
Ida Dwinger	...	Monica
Malene Schwartz	...	Fru Banum (Mrs. Banum)
Helle Fagralid	...	Nan Sand
Mercedes Claro Schelin	...	Mercedes Sand
Jens Blegaa	...	Waiter
Isabella Miehe-Renard	...	Journalist
Katrin Muth	...	Bartender
David Dencik	...	Bartender

Directed by
Christoffer Boe

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christoffer Boe		writer
Mogens Rukov		writer

Produced by
Lars Kjeldgård	....	co-producer
Tine Grew Pfeiffer	....	producer
Åke Sandgren	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Thomas Knak

Cinematography by
Manuel Alberto Claro

Film Editing by
Peter Brandt
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Casting by
Anja Philip

Production Design by
Martin de Thurah

Costume Design by
Gabi Humnicki

Makeup Department
Henrik Steen	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Johnny Andersen	....	production manager

Art Department
Torben Stig Nielsen	....	property master
Hans Erik Olsen	....	painter

Sound Department
Morten Green	....	sound
Nino Jacobsen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Julien Naudin	....	foley artist
John Nielsen	....	boom operator
Camilla Mauritzson Skjaerbaek	....	dialogue editor (as Camilla Mauritzson)
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lars Bjørn Hansen	....	digital effects
René Rask	....	matte painter

Stunts
Stig Günther	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jakob Bonfils	....	Steadicam operator
Niels A. Hansen	....	clapper loader (as Niels Hansen)
Tobias Juhl	....	lighting assistant
Andreas Kragh-Jacobsen	....	additional lighting assistant
Sune Lolk	....	gaffer
Linn Sandholm	....	still photographer
Søren Sielemann	....	additional lighting assistant
Peter Topsøe-Jensen	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Ejvind Bording	....	color timer
Jan Degn	....	colorist
Jonas Drehn	....	colorist
Christina Isabel Emdrup	....	post-production assistant
Tove Jystrup	....	post-production coordinator
Michael Jørgensen	....	assistant editor
Adam Nielsen	....	trailer editor
Glennie Pettersson	....	post-production assistant
Kaspar Astrup Schröder	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Ada Kaalund	....	accountant
Jorunn Keller	....	script supervisor
Bibi Malby	....	production assistant (as Bibi Husted Malby)
Hanne Merkx	....	accountant
Gitte Nielsen	....	accountant
Lone Sloth	....	accountant
Carsten Sparwath	....	location manager
Jeppe Tolstrup-Møller	....	location scout
Sophus K. Windeløv	....	production runner (as Sophus Kirkeby Windeløv)
Henrik Zein	....	accountant

Production Companies

• Director's Cut
• HR. Boe & Co.
• Nordisk Film
• TV2 Danmark

Distributors

• Nordisk Film Biografdistribution (2003) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• 1More Film (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (Argentina) (theatrical)
• AmaFilms (Greece) (theatrical)
• Artist Films Co. Ltd. (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Bitters End (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• CinemArt (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Lady Film (Italy) (theatrical)
• MFA Filmdistribution (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Palm Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Providence Films (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Soda Pictures (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Swift Distribution (France) (theatrical)
• Xenix Filmdistribution (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• EuroVideo (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2004) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Lume Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Duckling A/S  color grading
• FilmTeknik A/S  film lab
• Kameraudlejningen  camera equipment
• Nordisk Film Lyden  sound and mix studio
• Post House  editing facilities
• Ruhr Sound Studios  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and brief strong language

Runtime:

France:91 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Germany:89 min (Filmfest Hamburg) | Argentina:91 min | USA:90 min | 92 min (original release)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:TE | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12 | Hungary:14 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Director's Cut

Quotes:

Narrator:It is a film. Everything is constructed. Still it hurts.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Året der gik 2003 (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Adagio for Strings

Intriguing and thought provoking

I saw this movie at the London Film Festival, introduced by Boe the director and the beautiful Bonnevie, the lead actress. Boe is a graduate of the Danish film school and, as you might expect, the film is packed with movie references from Bergman to Hitchcock via Lynch. I hope the movie picks up a UK distributor as a second viewing is needed to understand the movie fully. On one viewing alone, this is an intelligent, intriguing and thought provoking movie with an excellent sense of time and place (Copenhagen, the present, even though no-one seems to have a mobile phone!), clever cinematography and editing and good performances. Boe creates a vision of Copenhagen as a labyrinthine, alien jungle where your front door may disappear and your friends have never seen you before.

Highly recommended