Til døden os skiller (2007)

Director:

Paprika Steen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (writer)

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Would you kill your wife to save your marriage?

Plot:

Ordinary Jan has no easy life. He is by far the most unpopular employee at work. At home it's even worse...

Plot Keywords:

Group Therapy | Mechanic | Opera | Stage | Eccentric

Cast

Lars Brygmann	...	Jan
Sidse Babett Knudsen	...	Bente
Nicolaj Kopernikus	...	Rudy
Rasmus Bjerg	...	Alf
Søren Pilmark	...	Erik
Jan Malmsjö	...	Eckelstein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anne Sophie Byder	...	Young Woman
Ralph Carlsson	...	Ticket salesman
Tilde Maja Frederiksen	...	Anna
Kristian Halken	...	Torben
Frida Hallgren	...	Sanne
Rolf Jarl	...	Lystekniker
Bodil Jørgensen	...	Nurse
Kirsten Lehfeldt	...	Ellen
Nynne Karen Nørlund	...	Karin
Guido Paevatalu	...	Marcello
Niels Jørgen Riis	...	Thomas / Rudolfo
Nikolaj Steen	...	Man in restaurant
Mette Stender

Also Known As:

With Your Permission (International: English title)

Runtime:

Denmark:100 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden

Language:

Danish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Nordisk Film

compare 3 : gone with the woman; with your permission; forever never anywhere

Saw these 3 movies at 2007 toronto film fest, Gone with the Woman (GwtW), With Your Permission (WyP) and Forever Never Anywhere (FNA).

While WyP and GwtW both deals with perspectives of male/female relationships, both from the male PoV and the struggles it sometimes involves.

WyP is layered with reverse situation setups, slow plot revelations and memorable performances. Nothing is perfect, however, as WyP is every so slightly marred by a ... hmmmmmmm .... how shall I put it, ... an under-communicated closing shot. (As in Q&A the director pointed out she wanted a happy ending shot with a sense of "blue").

With that in mind, GwtW is a bit disappointing because it uses generalizations, and some stereotypes. There are high points of dialog, visualization but it feels like another version of 'Hi-Fidelity' ... grown men trying grow into their age .. by .. finding the missing one true self. And the execution feels Hollywood also.

FNA does not have the same theme, or belongs to the same category .. or any other that I can recall. It is fresh, humorous with some risk taking ... sometimes may have traversed over the limits of some viewers (but at no time degrades or degenerates into something less), is my most enjoyable film from the festival.

So 8 for WyP, 9 for FNA, 6 for GwtW. (this review is posted for al 3 movies)

POST EIDT : 2008 After a year, I still remember the story lines, the careful facial expressions of the leads, the careful reveals of this movie. Maybe deserves even higher ratings than I gave. But the ending was too sweet, too normal. But maybe I was expecting Aki Kaurismaki.