Morgenthaler makes Ekko
by Annika Pham
New Danish Screen, the successful low budget film initiative from the Danish Film Institute, which supported Anders Morgenthaler’s controversial feature debut Princess [+see also:
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Co-scripted by Morgenthaler with Mette Heeno, the new film tells the story of Simon (Kim Bodnia), a divorced man who loses custody of his 6 year-old son (first-time child actor Villads Milthers Fritsche) and, in a desperate move, kidnaps the child and hides him in an empty summer house. But these last holidays that the father and son spend together turn into a nightmare.
The cast includes Stine Fischer Christensen, who also starred in Princess, the film’s DoP is Kasper Tuxen and the editor, Theis Schmidt. The film is being produced by Morgenthaler’s production partner Sarita Christensen for Zentropa Productions. The Danish premiere is set for 2007.
Princess, which opened the last Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes was a big hit with international buyers, is selling most notably to the US and UK, France, Germany and Australia.
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