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Allegro

  • 20052005
  • 1h 28m
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Allegro (2005)
Theatrical Trailer from Koch Lorber Films
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Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.9K
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POPULARITY
120,243
8,546
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    • Director
      • Christoffer Boe
    • Writers
      • Christoffer Boe
      • Mikael Wulff
    • Stars
      • Ulrich Thomsen
      • Helena Christensen
      • Henning Moritzen
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Christoffer Boe
    • Writers
      • Christoffer Boe
      • Mikael Wulff
    • Stars
      • Ulrich Thomsen
      • Helena Christensen
      • Henning Moritzen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

    Videos1

    Allegro
    Trailer 2:17
    Allegro

    Photos7

    Helena Christensen and Christoffer Boe at an event for Allegro (2005)
    Christoffer Boe at an event for Allegro (2005)
    Helena Christensen at an event for Allegro (2005)
    Helena Christensen at an event for Allegro (2005)
    Allegro (2005)
    Allegro (2005)

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    Ulrich Thomsen
    Ulrich Thomsen
    • Zetterstrøm
    Helena Christensen
    Helena Christensen
    • Andrea
    Henning Moritzen
    Henning Moritzen
    • Tom
    Niels Skousen
    • The Cook
    Ellen Hillingsø
    Ellen Hillingsø
    • Clara
    Nicolas Bro
    Nicolas Bro
    • Terence Sander
    Ida Dwinger
    • Simone
    Benedikte Hansen
    Benedikte Hansen
    • Piano teacher
    Svetoslav Korolev
    • Young Zetterstrøm
    Tommy Kenter
    • Professor Fromberg
    Peder Thomas Pedersen
    Peder Thomas Pedersen
    • Guard 1
    • (as Peder Pedersen)
    Simon Bonde
    • Guard 2
    Nikolaj Lie Kaas
    Nikolaj Lie Kaas
    • Alex in the Zone
    Tom Jensen
    • Tjener
    Kristian Halken
    • Klaverstemmer
    Susanne Storm
    • Mor Til Dreng
    • (as Susanne Storme)
    William Hagedorn-Rasmussen
    • Dreng
    Knud Romer Jørgensen
    • Man in shorts
    • Director
      • Christoffer Boe
    • Writers
      • Christoffer Boe
      • Mikael Wulff
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    Storyline

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    • Quotes

      Zetterstrøm: - But what now... now that I regret?

      Tom: - It's a bit late for that, I am afraid.

      Zetterstrøm: - So, what do I do now?

      Tom: - Well, you can go back to your music, if you want.

    • Connections
      Referenced in iChat mellem Boe og Wulff (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Gnomenreigen (Dance Of The Gnomes)
      Written By Franz Liszt

      Performed by Svetoslav Korolev

    User reviews15

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    A masterpiece of self abnegation
    I'm a big fan of existential folly in film, especially having completed many of my own. Zetterstrøm is the main character in this movie, a world-renowned pianist from Denmark. Since childhood, he is an assiduous "forgetter" of everything except his piano playing. This is to say that he stores up his disappointments, forgets them, and retreats behind a piano. After a love affair that ends due to his emotional constipation, he uses his facultative amnesiac skills once again, and this act is one step too far, so inimical to the fabric of reality, that a rent in reality is formed over three city blocks, and becomes referred to as the "Zone".

    Zetterstrøm buries himself in his solitary existence of piano-playing, quite literally performing concerts in the dark, or behind screens so that the audience cannot see him. Shadowy figures draw Zetterstrøm back to the zone, unwilling to allow his non-confrontational existence to continue. Zetterstrøm must be made to confront his past.

    It's a fascinating film, the narrator lets us know that it's Zetterstrøm's very brilliance which allows him to annihilate himself, that allows him to inoculate himself from reality.

    I'm in absolute adoration of films that attempt to make visual metaphors of the human mind, such a film is this (the Zone fulfils this purpose), Tarsem films such as The Cell and The Fall are others. There is no subject more sacred, more revelatory as regards human potential. There's a scene where Zetterstrøm sits and has dinner in an ornately plastered ballroom. The windows and floor are all blacked out with plastic sheeting, and the room is covered in latched boxes loaded on pallets, representing Zetterstrøm's repressed past, there's also a cage with globes of light in, recognising the potentiality of his mind.

    When there's narration we also see some very nice cartoons with Zetterstrøm as a child, that's another metaphor I'm very fond of from The Cell, that many of us are still children inside, just wounded, subdued, and with horrid barriers put up. You may have guessed that this movie moved me deeply.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2005 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Official site
      • Official site (Denmark)
    • Language
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Алегро
    • Filming locations
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Production companies
      • AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen
      • DR TV International Sales
      • Det Danske Filminstitut
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DKK 10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,404
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $505
      • May 13, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,208
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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