WORD OF GOD
synopsis
It is the 1980s - Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. Here, the family's patriarch psychologist and self-appointed God - Uffe - rules the roost in his dressing gown and underwear. Changes threaten the peace when Uffe decides to write his memoirs. The family home is suddenly filled to the rafters with Uffe's loyal patients, who both provide Uffe with moral support - and drunken companionship. As insurrection smoulders on the part of his three sons, maternal Gerd Lillian does all she can to keep the family together. But for Jens, Thomas and Mikkel to break free of their father's tyrannical rule and grow up will require a final, inevitable showdown with 'God'.
international title: | Word of God |
original title: | Word of God |
working title: | Gud taler ud |
country: | Denmark |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Henrik Ruben Genz |
screenplay: | Jens Blendstrup, Henrik Ruben Genz, Bo Hr. Hansen |
cinematography by: | Jørgen Johansson |
film editing: | Kasper Leick |
art director: | Torben Stig Nielsen |
costumes designer: | Manon Rasmussen |
music: | Kåre Bjerkø |
producer: | Signe Leick Jensen, Morten Kaufmann, Lina Wichmann |
production: | Toolbox Film |