Når dyrene drømmer (2014)

16-year old Marie lives on a small island with her seriously ill mother and her father, who takes care of the family. But suddenly mysterious deaths happen and Marie can feel something strange happening to her body.

Director:

Jonas Alexander Arnby

Writers:

Rasmus Birch, Christoffer Boe (original idea)

Stars:

Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter

6 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sonia Suhl	...	Marie
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Thor
Sonja Richter	...	Mor
Jakob Oftebro	...	Daniel
Stig Hoffmeyer	...	Dr. Larsen
Mads Riisom	...	Felix
Esben Dalgaard Andersen	...	Bjarne (as Esben Dalgaard)
Gustav Dyekjær Giese	...	Esben (as Gustav Giese)
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen	...	Ib
Tina Gylling Mortensen	...	Jonna

Storyline

16-year old Marie lives on a small island with her seriously ill mother and her father, who takes care of the family. But suddenly mysterious deaths happen and Marie can feel something strange happening to her body.

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Plot Keywords:

female werewolf | teenager | transformation | violence | medical exam | 

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Taglines:

The truth is known to all but one

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence, sexuality/nudity and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

Denmark France

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

28 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Når dyret vågner

Filming Locations:

Thyborøn, Jylland, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen, Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio (DR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was filmed in a small Danish town called Agger.

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Quotes

Marie: I'm transforming into a monster.

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Soundtracks

When Animals Dance
Composed and produced by Mikkel Hess
With permission from Mikkel Hess

User Reviews

Mild Horror, drama from Denmark.

Marie is sixteen and lives in a coastal town with nowt to do, no friends and a mother with a mysterious debilitating illness. The local doctor seems to take a lot of interest in Marie's condition especially when she starts to grow thick body hair and she would like to know why.

Now she gets a job at the local fish factory, where she is not exactly made to feel welcome. She makes a connection with Daniel, a kindly soul who is also a good looking man whom she takes a shine too. The thing is she starts to feel that she has not been told everything about her 'illness' and soon she will find out the hard way.

Now this is a slow burner but one that is fairly intense at the same time. There are some sterling performances especially from Lars Mikkelsen – brother of Mads but everyone is actually good even Gustav Dyekjær Giese who has a small role playing a nasty type here and was in the rather good 'Northwest'. It is short at 81 minutes and that includes the run off credits, but it does not do much wasting of screen time and is better for it. For lovers of 'horror' this may be lacking as it is a coming of age tale and a relationship story as much as the horror part and that makes it a more rounded film – recommended.