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Dark Horse

Voksne mennesker

Denmark, Iceland

2005

109 Min
Color, Black and White
1.85:1
Danish, English
Subtitled in English
Audio in Danish
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DIR Dagur Kári

PROD Birgitte Skov, Morten Kaufmann

SCR Dagur Kári, Rune Schjøtt

DP Manuel Alberto Claro

CAST Jakob Cedergren, Nicolas Bro, Tilly Scott Pedersen, Morten Suurballe, Bodil Jørgensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Anders Hove, Kristian Halken, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen

ED Daniel Dencik

PROD DES Rikke Rosbaek

MUSIC Dagur Kári

SOUND Pétur Einarsson

Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Transilvania (Competition): Cinemagia Award, Helsinki, Vancouver, AFI FEST (International Competition), Mar del Plata, Göteborg (Nordisk tävling): Best Nordic Film

Synopsis

Dark Horse is an offbeat comedy about Daniel, a somewhat irresponsible but charming young graffiti artist who doesn’t care even though everybody is trying to track him down: Parking attendants, landlords, bills and the police. One day he falls in love with Franc, a girl just as irresponsible and charming as he is. All of a sudden his easy-going days are over and he is face to face with a serious leap of faith. –Cannes Film Festival

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Dagur Kári

He was born in Paris, France to Icelandic parents and returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. Dagur graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1999, with art house short movie Lost Weekend. The film got off to a good start and gained the first popularity winning 11 prizes on the international festival circuit.
The first feature film Noi the Albino (Nói albínói) he released in 2003 and also won several international awards. Then followed with his second film, Voksne mennesker (Dark Horse), which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2008, he finished his first English language film The Good Heart, starring Brian Cox, Paul Dano and Isild Le Besco. He is also a member of the band Slowblow, whose music featured in Nói albínói. 

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12Apr12

With very funny and indeed romantic scenes, I like the directory a lot. The story seems to be a lot undordinary and unusual. Also I like all the characters and the back&white technique.

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PoutingBear

24Jul11

A promising start, funny even, but a complete nosedive at the hour mark.

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MOBWAY

11Aug10

This film shows our daily lives realistically, but there's also poetic expressions. The director's black-and-white cinematic technique really drew me into the scenes. There were several scenes that were surreal and humorous; seemed like the director was inspired by Luis Buñuel. Def recommend to watch this film!

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London 2011: Dark Horse Review

By Twitchfilm.com on October 11, 2011
Todd Solondz is either a pretty happy guy with a great imagination, or rather miserable and willing to share. Or it could be somewhere in between; either way, he has a knack for creating misanthropic characters
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