A FUNNY MAN
synopsis
Comedian Dirch Passer has found himself in perennial loneliness after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience’s needs. His talent is both a blessing and a curse – as he swallowed the instant adoration for his on-stage gags, Lommer, his producer, and others around him feed off his success...
international title: | A Funny Man |
original title: | Dirch |
country: | Denmark |
sales agent: | LevelK |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Martin Zandvliet |
release date: | DK 25/08/2011, SE 20/04/2012, SK 25/04/2013, CZ 13/06/2013 |
screenplay: | Martin Zandvliet, Anders Frithiof August |
cast: | Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Lars Ranthe |
cinematography by: | Jesper Tøffner |
film editing: | Per Sandholt |
art director: | Peter Grant, Charlotte Bay Garnov |
music: | Jeppe Kaas, Sune Martin |
producer: | Mikael Christian Rieks |
production: | Koncern Film, Nordisk Film Production A/S |
backing: | Danish Film Institute, DR TV, Nordic Film & TV Fond |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution, Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o. |