DENMARK: Nordkraft. 2005

Director: Ole Christian Madsen
Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Signe Egholm Olsen, Claus Riis Østergaard, Farshad Kholghi
Release date: Denmark - 4 March 2005
Genre: Drama
Length: 130 mins

One viewing of the trailer & you'll be convinced that it is a must-see. Like many others online have stated...why this wasn't a regular on the festival circuit is anyone's guess. It looks solid. The director had previously filmed some episodes of the cop show Rejseholdet. Which incidentally starred famed actorMads Mikkelsen. His brother Lars appears in this film.

The screenplay was adapted from the book by Jacob Ejersbo. The 3 disc DVD release complete with English subtitles is available at XploitedCinema. On my list to get.

Synopsis
Maria is a pusher, searching for love amid a world of junkies and bikers; Allan is desperately trying to stay clean after returning from an ill-fated trip across the Pacific; and Steso is torn between the only two things that give his life meaning - his drugs and his girlfriend. Hard as nails, yet shot through with a yearning, desperate romanticism, Madsens third feature (following his critically acclaimed Kiras Reason) is like Trainspotting crossed with Les Amants du Pont Neuf - a glimpse inside the subculture of addiction that manages to sidestep the usual cliches and represent the messy complexity and contradictions of real life. It's European commercial cinema at its most urgent and persuasive.

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