The Art of Crying
2006 · Movie · 106 min. · Denmark
Follows a precocious, eleven-year-old Allan, who tries desperately to keep his dysfunctional, rural family together during the social upheavals of the early seventies. Allan reveres his father, Henry, the local milkman. His family life is so twisted he thinks it's perfectly normal to stay awake all night dealing with his father's hysterics and suicidal threats. Allan's older brother left town several years ago, and his mother gave up long before that, relying on sleeping pills to escape Henry's tantrums. He is frustrated that his mother doesn't take his father's complaints seriously, and is perplexed by the increasingly rebellious and bizarre behaviour of his sister, Sanne. Incapable of understanding what's going on and heavily influenced by his father, Allan commits appalling acts, unaware of their import.
Direction Peter Schønau Fog
Cast Jannik Lorenzen · Jesper Asholt · Hanne Hedelund · Julie Kolbech · Rita Angela · Bjarne Henriksen · Thomas Knuth-Winterfeldt
Soundtrack Karsten Fundal
Screenplay Bo Hr. Hansen · Erling Jepsen
Cinematography Harald Gunnar Paalgard
Original title Kunsten at græde i kor (Kunsten at graede i kor)
Also known as The Art of Crying
7.1
340 votes (FilmAffinity)
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