The Man (2017)

Simon is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful, wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and ... See full summary »

Director:

Charlotte Sieling

Writer:

Charlotte Sieling (screenplay)

Stars:

Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Ane Dahl Torp

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Søren Malling	...	Simon
Jakob Oftebro	...	Casper
Ane Dahl Torp	...	Darling
Sus Wilkins	...	Lai
Søren Pilmark	...	David
Thomas Hwan	...	Jon
Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda	...	Anja (as Marie-Lydie Nokouda)
Evrim Benli	...	Hans
Simon Bennebjerg	...	Spike
Jessica Dinnage	...	Lilly
Anna Linhartová	...	Camille
Elias Bauer	...	Young Artist Boy
Marta Dancingerová	...	Young Artist Girl
Mathias Rahbæk	...	Guard #1 (as Mathias Skov Rahbæk)
Jack Bohr-Christensen	...	Guard #2

Storyline

Simon is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful, wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and attracts all the attention. It turns out that Casper is the world-famous graffiti artist "The Ghost". This is a provocation and a challenge to Simon, and the relationship between father and son is put to a serious test. However, against all odds he two slowly grow closer to each other, but the question is whether blood ties are enough? Because after all Simon has no plans of being a father, and Casper has other plans with his father than simply getting to know him.

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Plot Keywords:

open marriage | female nudity | father son relationship | artist | street art | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Denmark Norway Czech Republic

Language:

Danish Norwegian

Release Date:

2 March 2017 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

The Man

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,184

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nimbus Film Productions, Hummel & Nimbus, Sirena Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

The Art of Annulment

Sometimes it is easier to destroy a common father (say, most of us) than to a parent with a super-ego. In the case of Mesteren/The Man; the destruction is total. The Son hidden behind his face of good boy and without great effort, destroys the father figure in a great revenge. Not only appropriates the wife, and the lover, but also nullifies the father artistically with his own tools getting even his father's team to collaborate in his graffiti works. Let's say, the son not only defeats his father artistically but also in his same emotional field, something (by the way) that many parents suffer at some point of the life; maybe not with so much intensity but this concept of father's destruction is an universal truth. The best thing is the final and incomprehensible reaction of his father in the acceptance of all the facts. This is a movie that makes you think especially if you are a father.