Portland

Portland (1996)

An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end

  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1996-04-19
  • User Rating: 4.8/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: Dansk
  • Director: Niels Arden Oplev
star 4.8/10
From 8 Ratings

Summary

The basic story of a young criminal not quite living up to his won ideals of "not to give a damn" sidesteps out of his criminal career while dragging his younger brother into it, could have been interesting. Unfortunately the implementation is simply not good enough. As so often with Danish movies, there is little appreciation for detail thus leaving us with hoodlums talking like they've done time at a business academy rather than a prison. Dialects completely out of here and idiosyncratic bikers without bikes or even character for that matter. An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end doesn't help to clear the slow pace of this film but it does give a glimpse of what the story could have unfolded to become.

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  • Anders W. Berthelsen

    as Janus
  • Ulrich Thomsen

    as Lasse
  • Iben Hjejle

    as Eva
  • Helle Dolleris

    as Irene
  • Jens Albinus

    as Carsten
  • Birthe Neumann

    as The Mother
Directing Niels Arden Oplev Director
Production Peter Aalbæk Jensen Producer
Production Ib Tardini Producer
Camera Henrik Jongdahl Director of Photography
Editing Henrik Fleischer Editor
Production Rikke Møller Casting
Costume & Make-Up Ingrid Søe Costume Design
Art Lene Ejlersen Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Morten Jacobsen Makeup Artist
Sound Kristian Eidnes Andersen Sound Designer
Sound Jens Bønding Sound
Crew Stig Günther Stunts

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