Highlights
The Middle Man
International Premiere
Bent Hamer
Germany, Denmark, Canada, Norway
2021, 95min
Fiction, Drama
VO. English
ST. French
With
Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross
A man is in charge of personally announcing sad news to enigmatic citizens in a city mysteriously overwhelmed by disasters. Melancholy, ferocious and morbid, this film is reminiscent of the universe of Aki Kaurismäki or R. Andersson.
Adapted from the novel SLUK by Lars Saabye Christensen, this comedy has the dark humor, bordering on the absurd, of Hamer’s films. Here, a man – whose job is far from easy – is charged with personally delivering sad news to enigmatic citizens in a city mysteriously plagued by disasters. Melancholy like an Edward Hopper painting, but also ferocious and morbid, this movie is stylistically reminiscent of a Kaurismäki or an Andersson.
GV
Direction
Bent Hamer
Screenplay
Bent Hamer
Image
John Christian Rosenlund
Editing
Anders Refn
Sound
Steven Munro
Music
Jonathan Goldsmith
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion (Reinhard Brundig, Nina Frese), Bulbul Films (Bent Hamer), Profile Pictures (Jacob Jarek), Jamie Manning, The Film Farm (Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss), Sovereign Films (Andreas Roald)
Co-Production
Bord Cadre Films (Dan Wechsler), Jamal Zeinal Zade
With
Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, Sheila McCarthy
World sales
The Match Factory
