As I said in my last post of this country-series, I tried to browse through the films from Denmark. As usual, I thought to go beyond the Lars von Trier (Nymphomaniac) and look for least talked or known film. Here, I found a film called Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter in Danish). This got listed as one of the greatest film in Denmark. It is a mix of comedy and crime. Directed by Anders Thomas Jenson (Writer of In China They Eat Dogs)
*Spoilers ahead*
A gang of four, who are friends for long time, indulge in small crimes. The gang is headed by Torkild, who just broke-up with his girlfriend. She criticizes him, as he doesn’t have a good permanent job. A big gangster, Carl, gives them a job to rob a suitcase from Greek embassy. Unknown of what is there in the case, Torkild and his group find lots of cash in it. Instead of returning it to the gangster, they try to keep it and move to Barcelona for a better life. On the way, they end-up in an abandoned restaurant in the woods. Torkild changes his mind to get settled there, but he wants to convince others and also keep it low as the gangster could find them. Did he succeed is the rest of the story. ?
A gang of four, who are friends for long time, indulge in small crimes. The gang is headed by Torkild, who just broke-up with his girlfriend. She criticizes him, as he doesn’t have a good permanent job. A big gangster, Carl, gives them a job to rob a suitcase from Greek embassy. Unknown of what is there in the case, Torkild and his group find lots of cash in it. Instead of returning it to the gangster, they try to keep it and move to Barcelona for a better life. On the way, they end-up in an abandoned restaurant in the woods. Torkild changes his mind to get settled there, but he wants to convince others and also keep it low as the gangster could find them. Did he succeed is the rest of the story. ?
We see the past stories of the four friends (Torkild, Arne, Stefan and Peter) on how they were abused by their parents and how did they meet-up.
Since the plot is set in the first few minutes of the film, one can easily get into the story. I was hoping it will be a road movie, when they plan to go to Barcelona, so Torkild suggesting them to settle in the restaurant was unexpected. I was also taken aback in the past stories, were they get abused by their parents. If you haven’t seen a Scandinavian film, then this is the place to start.
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Country Series – This will feature countries from alphabetical order, A to Z. One film from a country will be written on a weekly basis. Next in the series will be from Egypt.
Country Series – This will feature countries from alphabetical order, A to Z. One film from a country will be written on a weekly basis. Next in the series will be from Egypt.
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