THE COMMUNE
synopsis
Erik and Anna are an academic couple with a dream. Together with their daughter Freja, they set up a commune in Erik's huge villa in an upmarket district of Copenhagen. With the family at the centre of the story, we are invited into their dream of a real commune. We participate in the house meetings, the dinners and parties. There is friendship, love and togetherness under one roof, until an earth-shattering love affair puts the small community to its greatest test yet. The film is a humorous, delicate but also painful and touching portrait of an entire generation, a gentle yet confrontational declaration of love for a group of idealists and dreamers who have long since awakened to reality.
international title: | The Commune |
original title: | Kollektivet |
country: | Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands |
sales agent: | TrustNordisk |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Thomas Vinterberg |
film run: | 112' |
release date: | DK 14/01/2016, It 31/03/2016, ES 16/12/2016, HU 28/04/2016, FR 18/01/2017 |
screenplay: | Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm |
cast: | Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen |
cinematography by: | Jesper Tøffner |
film editing: | Anne Østerud, Janus Billeskov Jansen |
art director: | Niels Sejer |
producer: | Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann |
production: | Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa International Sweden, Topkapi Films, Zentropa International Netherlands |
backing: | Film i Väst |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution, Le Pacte, Vertigo Media |