Nordkraft (2005)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ole Christian Madsen

Writers:

Jakob Ejersbo (novel)
Bo Hr. Hansen (writer)

Release Date:

4 March 2005 (Denmark)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Love | Junkie | Party | Heroin

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Signe Egholm Olsen	...	Maria
Claus Riis Østergaard	...	Allan
Thure Lindhardt	...	Steso
Farshad Kholghi	...	Hossein
Thomas L. Corneliussen	...	Asger
Pernille Vallentin	...	Tilde
Signe Vaupel	...	Maja
Rudi Köhnke	...	Frank (as Rudi Køhnke)
Maria Stenz	...	Maria's mom
Finn Storgaard	...	Hans Jørgen
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Steso's Dad
Søs Egelind	...	Steso's mom
Stanislav Sevcik	...	Taber
Nils P. Munk	...	Aksel, dealer
Paw Henriksen	...	Biker Kurt, Frank's associate

Also Known As:

Angels in Fast Motion (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

125 min (original version)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Denmark:15 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15

Filming Locations:

Aalborg, Jylland, Denmark

Company:

Nimbus Film Productions

Trivia:

Many of the scenes in this movie was shot using a "doggy-cam" which is a reversed steadicam that is attached to the actors to create that very special effect while they are moving/running. A similar device was also used in Requiem for a Dream (2000).

Quotes:

Tilde: If you don't stop shooting up, Thomas, you'll die.
Steso: No, I don't. I won't die. The drugs are keeping me alive.
Tilde: You need to take a break, or you'll die.
Steso: You're my break. It's you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Smagsdommerne: (#1.7)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Walking Through

Great characters

By that, I don't mean Maria, Allan and Steso (Thomas) who were meant to be the three main characters. I mean Maria, Allan and Hossein. All the way through, I was hoping for Steso to get more interesting or more involved in the slowly interconnecting story. At the same time, I was straining to learn more about Hossein, the Persian war veteran with enough self-esteem to share.

As an English-speaker, I could not help compare this film with *Trainspotting*. It is a very 'f*** life' philosophy and comments more than once on the bourgeois and their habits.

I also could not help but compare the camera-work with that of *Requeim for a Dream*. David Stratton would hate it: rushy and giddy - but I like that sort of thing. There was no stop-motion that I remember.

I did like the sound-track, but I may be biased because the lyrics were often in English.