Cinema
Waltzing Regitze
Dansen med Regitze
Kaspar Rostrup · 1989
Synopsis
Karl Aage, a slow and taciturn worker, and Regitze, his lively and combative wife, give a party in their allotment garden, as they do every summer; this time she knows she is suffering from an incurable illness. Family and friends arrive, the table is laid and people dance. During the party, Karl Aage looks back over their life together: their meeting during the Occupation, unemployment, quarrels with friends, the lapses of each of them, and Regitze always more in the right than he is.
Context
The film is based on a novel by Martha Christensen, adapted by the director with Karen Bentzon. Ghita Nørby and Frits Helmuth play the older couple, Rikke Bendsen and Mikael Helmuth, Frits's son, the young couple; Henning Moritzen and Kirsten Rolffes surround them. Shot with images by Claus Loof, it was released on 17 November 1989, eight years after its director's first film. Most critics were won over; a few found it lifeless.
Who it is for
Under an hour and a half, in Danish. A narrative in flashbacks, intimate and without pathos.
Prizes and reception
Five Bodils in 1990, including best film and all four acting awards, a Robert for film of the year, and nominated for the Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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