With Your Permission (2007)

Ordinary Jan has no easy life. He is by far the most unpopular employee at work. At home it's even worse. His marriage with the not so ordinary Bente is on the verge of a breakdown. Jan's ... See full summary »

Director:

Paprika Steen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen

Stars:

Lars Brygmann, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nicolaj Kopernikus

Cast

Credited 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:
Ralph Carlsson	...	Ticket salesman
Rafael Edholm	...	Italienaren
Anne Sofie Espersen	...	Young Woman (as Anne Sophie Byder)
Tilde Maja Frederiksen	...	Anna
Kristian Halken	...	Torben
Frida Hallgren	...	Sanna
Rasmus Hammerich	...	Lars
Rolf Jarl	...	Lystekniker
Bodil Jørgensen	...	Nurse

Storyline

Ordinary Jan has no easy life. He is by far the most unpopular employee at work. At home it's even worse. His marriage with the not so ordinary Bente is on the verge of a breakdown. Jan's boss finally sends him into group therapy where an unlikely friendship emerges between Jan and the two mechanics Rudy and Alf. Had Jan only known, that Alf loved Opera, and had Bente known what Rudy and Alf were up to, they would never have let them into their home. On the corner of chance and destiny, their lives take unexpected turns.

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female | group therapy | opera ticket | opera singer | negative atmosphere | 

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Taglines:

Would you kill your wife to save your marriage?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

Denmark Sweden

Language:

Danish Swedish

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Tills döden skiljer oss åt

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,342,964

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1