Underplayed Gems

The Stolen Feast (1968)

The Stolen Feast poster
Original title
Eftermiddagsgæsten
Directed by
Peter Refn
Genre
comedy
Country
Denmark
Runtime
28 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A short Danish film from 1968 about a man named Per who intrudes on former friends in a wealthy suburban Copenhagen home. He tries to reconnect with them by reviving their shared unconventional past but his efforts fail.

absurdprovocativeatmosphericunsettlingmelancholicstylizedslow-burn

What happens

Eftermiddagsgæsten er en dansk kortfilm fra 1968 med instruktion og manuskript af Peter Refn. En barok fortælling om et provokerende møde mellem fortid og nutid, udspillet i et yngre bourgeoisi-miljø i Københavns nordlige udkanter. Hovedpersonen er outsideren Per, der som en charmerende provokatør trænger sig ind hos tidligere venner i et absurd desperat - og forgæves - forsøg på at genetablere en kontakt med de gamle venner via fortidens ukonventionelle, men samtidig stivnede, livsform. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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