En soap (2006)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Pernille Fischer Christensen

Writers:

Kim Fupz Aakeson (writer)
Pernille Fischer Christensen (writer)

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transsexual. |

Plot Keywords:

Transexual | Gay Interest

Awards:

11 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Trine Dyrholm	...	Charlotte
David Dencik	...	Veronica
Frank Thiel	...	Kristian
Elsebeth Steentoft	...	Veronica's Mother
Christian Tafdrup	...	Costumer
Pauli Ryberg	...	Costumer
Jakob Ulrik Lohmann	...	One-Night Stand
Claes Bang	...	One-Night Stand
Christian Mosbæk	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Bentsen	...	Soap actress one (voice)
Tom Hale	...	Soap actor (voice)
Camilla Søeberg	...	Soap Actress three (voice)
Laura Kamis Wrang	...	Soap actress two (voice)

Also Known As:

A Soap (USA) (festival title)
En såpa (Sweden)

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

English | Danish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/16

Company:

Garage Film AB

Trivia:

Veronicas first costumer is played by Christian Tafdrup, who played a male prostitute himself in his movie-debut Smukke dreng (1993). He asks Veronica to call him "lille soldat" (danish for "little soldier") which is also the title of Lille soldat (2008), another danish move dealing with prostitution and starring Trine Dyrholm

Soundtrack:

Take My Breath Away

En Soap - En Soap

A strange relationship between a middle-aged woman and a transsexual who gonna be a woman soon. Charlotte and Venorica, both trapped by their inanimate lives and don't know how to get out of them. Charlotte is an owner of a beauty clinic, she has broken up with her aggressive ex-husband, moved into an apartment alone with all the furniture packed except her big bed. Veronica lives downstairs with her poor dog, She's sensitive and desperately bothered by her mother's visiting and the bad relationship with her dad. Her only hope is that the upcoming transsexual operation will turn her into a real woman and then everything will be fine. All she can do now is waiting for an approval certificate.

Then these two individuals meet by chance and gradually they are all involved into other's lives, there are some sparkles between them, but no one is brave enough to face the truth because they are not willing to accept the change as most people do. Eventually the ending is quite satisfying and leaves some imagination for us to think about it.

The director's great work gives me an great impression, she handles the development of characters very well, the emotional atmosphere is quite full and intense. Also I am so obsessed with the gloomy lights all over the apartment, Delphic but full of desire.

Two main characters are played by Trine Dyrholm and David Dencik, they are amazing in their roles, a very impressive performance and the chemical reaction between them is genuine and convincing.

This Swedish indie film is about encountering and change, no matter you're homosexual or heterosexual, male or female, the oddness of life exists everywhere, whenever you fall across it, you'll be hesitate and bewildered, but at least don't be afraid, follow your heart and choose the right way.