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R

Denmark

2010

99 Min
Color
1.85:1
Danish, Arabic
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DIR Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

EXEC Kim Magnusson

PROD Rene Ezra, Tomas Radoor

SCR Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer

DP Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

CAST Johan Philip Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted, Kim Winther, Omar Shargawi, Sune Nørgaard

ED Adam Nielsen

PROD DES Holger Vig

SOUND Morten Green

Rotterdam (Competition), Karlovy Vary (Another View), Göteborg (Competition): Best Nordic Film, FIPRESCI Prize, Edinburgh (Rosebud), BAFICI (Panorama), Transilvania (Competition), Ghent (World Cinema), Vancouver, Helsinki (Danish Treats), !F Istanbul (Competition)

Synopsis

The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he’s a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison’s parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune’s friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates. –Los Angeles Film Festival

Director

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Tobias Lindholm

Tobias Lindholm (born 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director.

Lindholm is a frequent collaborator of film director Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films Submarino and The Hunt, as well as writing the scripts for his own films: hard-hitting prison movie R and hostage drama A Hijacking. The latter premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section.
Lindholm has also made a mark for himself on TV as a regular episode writer on Danish political TV-series Borgen, credited on all 20 episodes of the series first two seasons, either as an episode writer or storyline contributor. —Wikipedia 

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A raw, hard-hitting prison drama about a new inmate trying to navigate prison life and survive by carving out a niche for himself and rising through the ranks of inmate society. Plays like a Danish remake of A PROPHET, but is actually superior to Audiard's film in its eschewing of its more grandiose elements in favor of a simpler, more streamlined narrative.

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Karlovy Vary 2010: A Bohemian Rhapsody

By Veronika Ferdman on August 7, 2010

For 351 days of the year the average age of Karlovy Vary’s tourists could be conservatively estimated at 60. The tiny resort town (a two hour

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IFFR 2010: "R" Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
With all the (deserved) media attention “Un Prophète” has been getting you’d almost think it is the only prison drama worth watching this year. But even at the International Film Festival Rotterdam it
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A Gritty First Look At Acclaimed Danish Prison Drama R.

By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
[Stephanie from Evokative Films just tweeted that this trailer didn’t seem to be available with English subtitles anywhere, a tweet I took as a challenge. So here’s our post about Danish prison drama R
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A Gritty First Look At Acclaimed Danish Prison Drama R.

By Twitchfilm.net on August 23, 2010
[Stephanie from Evokative Films just tweeted that this trailer didn’t seem to be available with English subtitles anywhere, a tweet I took as a challenge. So here’s our post about Danish prison drama R
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IFFR 2010: "R" Review

By Twitchfilm.net on August 11, 2010
With all the (deserved) media attention “Un Prophète” has been getting you’d almost think it is the only prison drama worth watching this year. But even at the International Film Festival Rotterdam it
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

A Gritty First Look At Acclaimed Danish Prison Drama R.

By Twitchfilm.net on August 11, 2010
Young Danish directors Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm have been turning a lot of heads with their prison drama R. Raw and powerful, the film drew much critical love in Rotterdam and with its Danish release
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By Bobby Wise on March 8, 2011

The film “R” by first-time writing/directing team Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer is a work of gritty realism that gives an example of how to transcend genre by adhering to it faithfully. “R” follows…  read review

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