Princess (2006/I)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Anders Morgenthaler

Writers:

Mette Heeno (writer)
Anders Morgenthaler (writer)

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama

Plot:

Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Priest | Grief | Porn Star | Revenge

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Thure Lindhardt	...	August (voice)
Stine Fischer Christensen	...	Christina (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jens Arentzen
Rasmus Bjerg
Jiming Cai
Liv Corfixen	...	Luder i bil (voice)
Ida Dwinger	...	Mor (voice)
Mira Hilli Møller Hallund	...	Mia (voice)
Rikke Hallund
Henrik Ipsen	...	Caretaker
Tommy Kenter	...	Preben (voice)
Margrethe Koytu	...	Karen (voice)
Søren Lenander	...	Sonny (voice)
Karen Rosenberg	...	Kvinde (voice)
Christian Tafdrup	...	Charlie
Peter van Hoof	...	Various Characters (voice)
Niels Weyde	...	Betjent Andersen (voice)
Gunnar Wille

Runtime:

90 min | Canada:78 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Germany:82 min

Country:

Denmark | Germany

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Denmark:15 | France:-12 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2006) | Argentina:18 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Finland:K-18 (self-applied)

Company:

Shotgun Pictures

Trivia:

The film consists of 80% animation and 20% live action.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Smagsdommerne: (#3.16)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

No Regrets

interesting attack on the porn industry ... but somewhat empty ...

It was a bit of a surprise to discover that the majority of the film consists of animated sequences, with just a bit of grainy video footage (the preview I'd read suggested otherwise) ... but after recovering from that shock, I found the film somehow lacking - whilst watching it, I suspended my disbelief, and was quite take by the characters and winced at the violence. But looking back, it all just seems a bit unreal - whereas thinking back to violent non-animated films, I recall them as violent ... this I just recall as being animated !

At the London Film Festival screening, the director was on stage afterwards for an interesting Q&A - where he defended the slow pace of the film, by insisting that he would have liked to make it faster, but the 1.5m dollar budget didn't allow. He also revealed that part of his inspiration for making the film was the work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, whose photos he initially found erotic ... but eventually he considered the women behind the photos, and how they must all be daughters and sisters (an issue he repeatedly brought up). Anders insisted that in Denmark, whilst pornography is openly available, the women involved are regarded as being a sort of underclass - and his film was partly an attempt to expose this hypocrisy. He admitted that they had considered different endings, but the one he chose was the only one that seemed to work !