Thomas Vinterberg
Country: Denmark
Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Actor), 13 (Director), 9 (Writer)
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Set in the near future, this film tells the story of two lovers fighting for their love and for their lives in a world out of balance.
Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: Karl Kristian Schmidt, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a shy and stuttering kitchen boy who is who is engaged to the beautiful Claudia, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down. But Sebastian's mother has some further secrets to reveal... (www.iksv.org)
A story about two brothers marked by a childhood of gloom. They were separated from each other at a young age by a tragedy that split their entire family. Today, Nick's life is drenched in alcohol and plagued by violence, while his kid brother, a solo-parent, struggles as a junkie to give his son a better life. Their paths cross, making a confrontation inevitable, but is redemption possible?
Drengen der gik baglæns (1994) - Short Film
Nine-year old Andreas carries the heaviest burden. At his mothers birthday party he and his beloved brother Mikkel performed and Andreas got drunk on Martini. The following morning their father drove Mikkel to school on his motorbike, but they crashed and Mikkel is dead and their father is tormented. The family moves to begin again, but not even the new school and the new friends he makes can ease his enormous pain. (imdb)
The two medicated low-lifes Carsten and Peter are long time partners, an old flame of Peter's turns up to tell him that he has a twelve year old daughter, whom he should present himself to. Her adoptive father is a mean bastard, and incestive undertones lies in the relationship between the two. The daughter escapes from her adoptive father, turns up at Peter's place, and Carsten, Peter, and the daughter escapes to Sweden. (mubi.com)
Following a tough divorce, 40-year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of reestablishing his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things go awry. Not a lot. Just a slight comment. A random lie. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like an invisible virus. (mubi.com)
Sidste omgang (1993) - Short Film
A strong humorous story about a young man's last day and night i Copenhagen. His farewell to freinds, the city, the family.
His farewell to life.
A beautiful young woman maintains relationships with three very different men. (imdb)
A story about the clash between personal desires vs. solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 70's. (imdb)
The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. (imdb)
Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. (imdb)