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Pretty Boy
- Director: Carsten Sønder
- Writer: Carsten Sønder
- Producer: Peter Aalbæk Jensen; Ib Tardini
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A grim tale of horrible kids and even more horrible adults. And, be warned, this is not a terrible teen extravaganza...this is hurtful.
Basically, it's a horror film - simply, because it shows what no adult wants to see - children, vulnerable and surviving - just clinging on.
With rather good production values and the fine acting - it is a relentless hike.
Unlikeable and disturbing...but, it does ram its message home.
Punishing. Powerful.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Nick (Christian Tafdrup) is 13 years old, fatherless, and weary of living with a mother whose active casual sex life takes precedence over her role as a mother. He longs for the sense of belonging (especially for a father) but is made to feel 'in the way' for this mother's lifestyle. He flees to Copenhagen where he observes a gang of young men abusing an older voyeuristic man in a public restroom. He manages to obtain the man's emptied wallet and appears on his doorstep. The man, Ralph (Stig Hoffmeyer), is a professor of astronomy and when Nick appears the two find mutual ties in the stars.
Cast & Characters
Christian Tafdrup as Nick;
Dicte as Rene;
Rami Nathan Sverdlin as Max;
Sune Otterstrom as Jan;
Jakob Vikkelsoe as Franz;
Daniel Barfod as Jean;
Rasmus Botoft as Steen;
Stig Hoffmeyer as Ralph;
Bent Hesselmann as Hartvig;
Niels Jorgensen as Mortensen