AFR (2007)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Morten Hartz Kaplers

Writers:

Allan Milter Jakobsen (writer)
Morten Hartz Kaplers (writer)

Release Date:

20 April 2007 (Denmark)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama

Tagline:

I sandhed en utrolig løgn (on Danish posters) ("In Truth an Incredible Lie")

Plot:

A mockumentary where reality and fiction are combine to create drama. The director has deceived and manipulated leading world politicians, as well as politicians in his own country, for satirical effect. |

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Mock Documentary | Reenactment | Politician | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kofi Annan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Reimer Bo Christensen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Morten Hartz Kaplers	...	Emil
Pia Kjærsgaard	...	Herself (archive footage)
Helge Adam Møller	...	Himself (archive footage)
Holger K. Nielsen	...	Himself
Vivi Nielsen	...	Adoptivmor
Anders Fogh Rasmussen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Søren Søndergaard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henrik Weel

Also Known As:

Mennesket bagved (Denmark) (working title)
Overmennesket (Denmark) (working title)
Robin K (Denmark) (working title)
Terroristen (Denmark) (working title)
Untitled Morten Kaplers Project (Denmark) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:83 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.77 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

Bald Film

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Smagsdommerne: (#5.12)" (2007)

Impressive. Political. Modern.

Very impressive film. It's a sharp and thoughtful movie with provocative and make-you-think story. It appeals both to emotional and rational parts of your personality. I don't know if it's a real story or not, but it makes you believe. What is shown there is so damn true for the modern society! To describe it briefly it looks like a documentary that is built on the interviews with different people. One line of the plot is the story of Danish prime-minister's murder. The second line starts with a cruel murder of a young guy Emil. We hear people talking about prime-minister, then about Emil, discovering their personalities, gradually understanding where they came from and how they've become who they were. Both are much into politics, so it's a film not only about personalities, not only about love, death, self-expression and searching for one's place in the world. It is also about social problems, politics, globalization, extremism. It is definitely worth to see. I think a good movie is a movie that makes you feel a bit different after it's finished. This one does.