Mifune Movie Review 1999

Third release for the Danish film collective Dogma 95 (following "The Idiots" and "The Celebration") is a comedy/romance with a couple of twists. Yuppie Kresten (Berthelsen) travels to the family's run-down farm to check on his mentally handicapped brother, Rud (Asholt), after their father's death. Kresten needs a housekeeper and winds up with attractive Livia (Hjeljle), who neglects to tell him she is a hooker on the lam from her threatening pimp and also shows up with her younger brother (Tarding). Kresten and Livia soon share a mutual attraction and lots of obstacles. Title refers to Rud's hero worship of actor Toshiro Mifune. Danish with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from Danish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, Oldest Profession, Farm Livin', Comedy Drama, Yuppie Nightmares, Mental Retardation

Screenplay

Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen, Anders Thomas Jensen

Cast

Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding, Anders (Tofting) Hove, Sofie Grabol, Paprika Steen, Mette Bratlann

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Director

Soeren Kragh-Jacobsen

Music

Karl Bille, Christian Sievert

Other

Valdis Oskarskottir

Producer

Sony Pictures Classics