Mifune's Last Song
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Mifune's Last Song 1999, is the third film to be made according to the "Dogme 95
" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.
It was produced by Nimbus Film
.
to pursue his working career. When his father dies, he has to move back to the farm, where nothing much has happened since he left. He places an ad in the local newspaper to get help running the farm and taking care of his retarded brother. The prostitute Liva, who is running away from harassing telephone calls, takes the job. But running away from one's past isn't easy.
in the first Dogme 95 film: Make a confession if elements of the film do not comply with the strict interpretation of the Dogme-rules. It is written from the director's point of view.
Dogme 95
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...
" group rules. It was directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques.-Early career:...
. The film was a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish films worldwide.
It was produced by Nimbus Film
Nimbus Film
Nimbus Film is Denmark's third largest film production company.Nimbus Film has to date produced more than 30 feature films and many shorts and documentaries....
.
Synopsis
Kresten has moved from his parents' farm on a small Danish island to CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
to pursue his working career. When his father dies, he has to move back to the farm, where nothing much has happened since he left. He places an ad in the local newspaper to get help running the farm and taking care of his retarded brother. The prostitute Liva, who is running away from harassing telephone calls, takes the job. But running away from one's past isn't easy.
Cast
- Iben HjejleIben HjejleIben Hjejle is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack film High Fidelity . In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas and playing the girlfriend of Danish comedian Casper Christensen, her real life boyfriend...
- Anders W. Berthelsen
- Jesper Asholt
- Anders HoveAnders HoveAnders Hove was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Fåberg.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties in 1945, and was re-elected on two occasions.Hove held various positions in Lillehammer city council, and served as...
- Sofie Gråbøl
- Paprika SteenPaprika SteenPaprika Steen is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts...
- Susanne Storm
- Ellen HillingsøEllen HillingsøEllen Hillingsø is a Danish actress who has done her primary work in films. She is also a voice actress, narrating audio books.-Career:...
- Sidse Babett KnudsenSidse Babett KnudsenSidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who has worked in theater, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.Following the critical success of her debut, Knudsen...
- Søren Fauli
- Søren MallingSøren MallingSøren Dyrberg Malling is a Danish actor.Raised in Kjellerup, Malling trained at Skuespillerskolen at Odense Teater in 1992...
- Kjeld Nørgaard
- Kirsten Vaupel
- Torben Jensen
- Klaus BondamKlaus BondamKlaus Bondam is a Danish actor and politician.Klaus Bondam got his breakthrough in the movie Festen and has starred in the series Langt fra Las Vegas as the sexually driven boss Buckingham...
- Sofie StougaardSofie StougaardSofie Stougaard is a Danish actress who has had roles in, among other movies, Mifune's Last Song, and the Danish sitcom Langt fra Las Vegas. She has also participated in the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars....
Confession
The "confession" is an idea adapted by Thomas VinterbergThomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production....
in the first Dogme 95 film: Make a confession if elements of the film do not comply with the strict interpretation of the Dogme-rules. It is written from the director's point of view.
"As one of the DOGME 95 brethren and co-signatory of the Vow of Chastity I feel moved to confess to the following transgressions of the aforesaid Vow during the production of Dogme 3 - Mifune. Please note that the film has been approved as a Dogme work, as only one genuine breach of the rules has actually taken place. The rest may be regarded as moral breaches."
- I confess to having made one take with a black drape covering a window. This is not only the addition of a property, but must also be regarded as a kind of lighting arrangement.
- I confess to moving furniture and fittings around the house.
- I confess to having taken with me a number of albums of my favourite comic book series as a youth, Linda & Valentin (Valérian and Laureline).
- I confess to helping to chase the neighbour's free-range hens across our location and including them in the film.
- I confess that I brought a photographic image from an old lady from the area and hung it in a prominent position in one scene: not as part of the plot, but more as a selfish, spontaneous, pleasureable whim.
- I confess to borrowing a hydraulic platform from a painter, which we used for the only two bird's-eye overview shots in the film.
- I do solemnly declare that in my presence the remainder of Dogme 3 - Mifune was produced in accordance with the vow of chastity.
- I also point out that the film has been approved by DOGME 95 as a Dogme film, as in real terms no more than a single breach of the rules has been committed. The rest may be regarded as moral transgressions.