7–18 november 2012

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”.
| Title | Till döden skiljer oss åt |
| Director | Paprika Steen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Prod. year | 2007 |
| Length | 95 min |
| Fest. year | 2007 |
| Section | Open Zone |
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