Portland

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Niels Arden Oplev

Language

Danish

Country

Denmark

Release date

19 April 1996

Ensemble

Cast

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  Anders W. Berthelsen

  Janus

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  Ulrich Thomsen

  Lasse

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  Iben Hjejle

  Eva

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  Helle Dolleris

  Irene

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  Jens Albinus

  Carsten

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  Birthe Neumann

  The Mother