Till döden skiljer oss åt

by Paprika Steen

With her new film, Paprika Steen takes hersecond step away from the world in front ofthe camera into the one behind it. ”With YourPermission” is a dark comedy following a couplethrough a time when rules are broken and rolesare reversed.Bente is a former successful opera singer,now a bitter stay-at-home wife, who beats herhusband every night. Jan, her husband, workson the ferry between Denmark and Sweden, andcompensates for his low self-esteem by makinghis employees and customers miserable. Who ishurting whom? As the story unfolds, the answerbecomes less obvious. Paprika Steen tells adark tale of people and control - how they tryto obtain it in their relationships and how theylose it. Scriptwriter is fellow Dogma veteranAnders Thomas Jensen, originator of films such as Susanne Bier’s Academy Award-nominated“After the Wedding”.

Premiere Status
Swedish Premiere
Orig. title
Til dØden os skiller
Cast
Rasmus Bjerg, Lars Brygmann, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jan Malmsjö
Producer
Thomas Heinesen , Leila Vestgaard
Script
Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematography
Sebastian Winterø
Music
Nikolaj Steen
Spoken language
Danish, Swedish

 

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