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Il secondo lungometraggio di Jeanette Nordahl, Beginnings, debutterà alla Berlinale

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- Con protagonisti Trine Dyrholm e David Dencik, la storia segue una coppia costretta ad affrontare una nuova realtà e a trovare speranza in luoghi inaspettati

Il secondo lungometraggio di Jeanette Nordahl, Beginnings, debutterà alla Berlinale
Trine Dyrholm e David Dencik in Beginnings (© Shadi Chabaan)

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Jeanette Nordahl’s sophomore feature, Beginnings, will celebrate its world premiere in the Panorama section of the upcoming Berlinale, unspooling in the German capital from 13-23 February (see the news). The Ølstykke-born filmmaker’s debut feature, Wildland [+leggi anche:
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, was also presented in the Panorama strand of the festival in 2020. Nordahl studied at the alternative Danish film school Super16, from which she graduated in 2012.

The story, penned by Rasmus Birch (When Animals Dream [+leggi anche:
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, Miss Viborg [+leggi anche:
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) together with Nordahl, centres on a woman called Ane who, amid her divorce, suffers a life-changing stroke, forcing her and Thomas to stay together and delay telling their children. Together, they face a new reality and find hope in unexpected places.

The two leading roles are played by Trine Dyrholm (The Girl with the Needle [+leggi anche:
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, Margrete - Queen of the North [+leggi anche:
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) and David Dencik (A Royal Affair [+leggi anche:
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, Gentlemen [+leggi anche:
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), who also co-starred in Pernille Fischer Christensen’s 2006 flick A Soap [+leggi anche:
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, which won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Additional cast members are Bjørk Storm, Luna Svelmøe and Johanne Louise Schmidt.

Key creatives include DoP Shadi Chabaan, editor Rasmus Gitz, sound designer Kristian Eidnes, composer Nathan Larsson and production designer Nikolaj Danielsen.

Beginnings was produced by Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin and Katrin Pors for Denmark’s Snowglobe, in co-production with Sweden’s HOBAB and Belgium’s Lemming Film, with backing from the Danish Film Institute. REinvent Studios is handling the pic’s world sales, whilst Scanbox is in charge of its domestic distribution.

Beginnings is the only Danish title set to world-premiere at this year’s Berlinale alongside Robin Petré’s new documentary Only on Earth, showcased in the Generation strand and sold by Austria’s Autlook.

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