Betonhjerter (2005) (V)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Michael Zile

Writers:

Mohsen Moghadam (writer)
Michael Zile (writer)

Release Date:

18 February 2005 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

There is always hope

Plot:

The story about Muhammed and his desire to leave the ghetto |

Plot Keywords:

Ghetto | Friendship | Hope | Gangster | Violence

Cast

Amar El-Khatib	...	Muhammed
Martin Frislev Ammitsbøl	...	Johnny (as Martin Ammitsbøl)
Kim Sønderholm	...	Pedersen (as Kim Sønderholm Andersen)
Anna Bård	...	Sussie
Mads Koudal	...	Kukker
Maya Ababadjani	...	Samira
Sami Darr	...	Ali
Melany Denise	...	Kitt
Gry Bay	...	Massagepige
June Correl	...	Massagepige
Michael Zile	...	Værkfører
Ahmad Kayed	...	Ahmad
Gert Lindhus	...	Kunde på autoværksted
Kim Nørgaard	...	Mekaniker med kasket
Jan Sommer Hansen	...	Mekaniker uden kasket

Also Known As:

Hearts of Concrete (International: English title)

Runtime:

Denmark:87 min | Denmark:90 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Denmark:16

Filming Locations:

Rødovre, Sjælland, Denmark

Company:

Nordic Multimedia Group ApS

Trivia:

The part of "Sussi" was originally intended to be played by Simone Madsen (or in Denmark better known as Stripper-Simone) but she was pregnant and went into labor and got hospitalized on the day before the shooting of the film started. Anna Bård jumped on the wagon in the last minute, saving the day for the project.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bag om 'Betonhjerter' (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Love or Hate

What was this?

I'm sure there was a good story (or at least just A story) behind this script but where is it? This is the worst messed up piece of - I hesitate to CALL it film-making - I've ever seen.

This looks more like a cheap video documentary than an actual feature you can rent in your local videostore (which is the actual fact - I found this at Play Time Videos), it simply looks amateurish.

The actors are clearly quite talented - well, most of them anyway - but they clearly struggle with a lousy script and you could wonder why they took on this assignment in the first place.

Things get a little clearer with some background knowledge; this film is directed by Michael Ziele who've made a living of directing cheap porno movies for about 17 years and it shows - clearly he woke up one morning and though, "hell, my porno movies takes a day to shoot and edit and it's finished - how hard can it be to make a dramatic movie"? Well, I surely hope he realized it wasn't as simple as that, cause according to the films website he has got a few more "serious" films on the way.

4/10 - but only because the actors obviously try their best...