WE SHALL OVERCOME
synopsis
The year is 1969. Frits, a thirteen old boy has fallen out of favour with his headmaster. The world is changing rapidly and corporal punishment has been banned. The tyrannical headmaster, however, hasn't bothered to notice. Frits spends his summer holidays watching the family's first television, and is influenced by the winds of change. Martin Luther King's speeches and dreams of a better life have armoured Frits with courage and the desire for rebellion. The story is based on actual events.
international title: | We shall overcome |
original title: | Drømmen |
country: | Denmark |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Niels Arden Oplev |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | DK 24/03/2006, NL 12/10/2006, UK 17/11/2006, DE 18/01/2007 |
screenplay: | Niels Arden Oplev, Steen Bille |
cast: | Bent Mejding, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jens Jørn Spottag |
cinematography by: | Lars Vestergaard |
film editing: | Søren B. Ebbe |
costumes designer: | Manon Rasmussen |
music: | Jacob Groth |
producer: | Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Jensen Peter Garde, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Gillian Berrie |
production: | Zentropa Entertainments |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution, Independent Cinema Office (UK) |