Cast
Mads Mikkelsen
Ivan
Ulrich Thomsen
Adam
Paprika Steen
Sarah
Ole Thestrup
Dr. Kolberg
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Holger
Nicolas Bro
Gunnar
Ali Kazim
Khalid
Gyrd Løfquist
Poul
Lars Ranthe
Esben
Peter Reichhardt
Nalle
Peter Lambert
Jørgen
Emil Kevin Olsen
Christoffer
Solvej Christensen
Mädchen an der Tankstelle
Rasmus Rise Michaelsen
Junge Mann an der Tankstelle
Jacob-Ole Remming
Junge Mann an der Tankstelle
Details
Status
Released
Original language
da
Countries
DK, DE
Budget
$3,700,000
Reviews
Good Danish black humor.
Adam's Apples is simultaneously a deconstruction and a satire of the Book of Job; the former because it recognizes and highlights the underlying black humor in the biblical text, and the latter because it rightly points out that more than Job’s patience, we should talk about his madness.
Danish priest Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) is both jobian and quixotic (the costume department deserves a pat on the back for making him look, in his priestly garb, like the subject, thought to be Cervant...
What a strange film... a very good one, mind you.
The cast do great work in this 2005 release. Mads Mikkelsen being the obvious standout - top performance! Ulrich Thomsen doesn't really do all that much necessarily, yet still manages to make a big impact with his showing - amusing, by the way, how much hair can change the way you see someone, that ending is quite the mild cranium contort*!
I'm not really all that sold on what the film attempts to tell, but I can't de...
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