Tree of Knowledge (1981)

Original title

Kundskabens træ

Directed by

Nils Malmros

Genre

drama film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows 17 teenage schoolmates in 1950s Denmark as they navigate friendships, crushes, and growing up. It was shot over two years to capture the real physical and emotional changes of the teenage cast.

nostalgicnaturalisticslow-burnobservationalmelancholicintimatecoming-of-age

What happens

Tree of Knowledge (Danish: Kundskabens træ) is a 1981 Danish coming-of-age drama directed by Nils Malmros. The film details the lives of 17 teenage schoolmates in 1950s Denmark. Shooting on location at the high school which he had attended, Malmros took two years to film the action, so the cast members reflected the real-life physical and emotional development of their characters. Tree of Knowledge received two awards: the Danish Film Critics Bodil Award for Jan Weincke's cinematography, and the Audience Award at the Lübeck Nordic Film Festival. Tree of Knowledge is one of the top 100 Danish films listed by the Danish Film Institute and is one of ten films listed in the cultural canon of Denmark by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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