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Waltzing Regitze (1989)

Waltzing Regitze poster
Original title
Dansen med Regitze
Directed by
Kaspar Rostrup
Genre
drama film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
A
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged couple hosts a summer party with friends and family. Through flashbacks, the film reveals the highs and lows of their long marriage.

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What happens

Waltzing Regitze (Danish: Dansen med Regitze), also known as Memories of a Marriage, is a 1989 Danish drama film directed by Kaspar Rostrup. Based upon a popular Danish novel by Martha Christensen, the film is an unsentimental portrait of the history and changes of a middle-aged couple's marriage, told through flashbacks during a summer party. The film stars Ghita Nørby and Frits Helmuth. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1990, it won the Robert Award for Film of the Year and swept the Bodil Awards, winning Best Danish Film as well as all four of acting categories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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