Adam’s Apple and Manderlay in Toronto
by Annika Pham
Anders Thomas Jensen’s comedy Adam's Apple [+see also:
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interview: Anders Thomas Jensen
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film profile] and Lars von Trier’s Manderlay [+see also:
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Adam’s Apples, Jensen’s third feature film, will screen in Toronto’s Contemporary Cinema section. The M & M Production starring Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro and Paprika Steen, was released last April and has fast become one of the most successful Danish films of the year with 344,756 admissions. His second one, The Green Butchers [+see also:
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Manderlay which already screened in competition in Cannes this year, will have its North American premiere in Toronto. It will continue its festival platforming with Karlovy Vary, Manilla, Montreal and Riga, and will be part of Toronto’s Masters serie. The film was produced by Vibeke Winderløv for Zentropa Entertainments, with several European co-production partners.
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