The Art of Crying (2006)

Original title

Kunsten at græde i kor

Directed by

Peter Schønau Fog

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Denmark, Norway

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

11

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 11-year-old boy in 1970s Denmark tries to keep his dysfunctional family together. His father is abusive, his mother is in denial, and his sister is rebellious.

harshdarkly comicsombertensedisturbingpoignantintimateemotionally raw

What happens

The Art of Crying (Danish: Kunsten at Græde i Kor) is a 2006 Danish tragicomedy directed by Peter Schønau Fog. It stars Jannik Lorenzen and Jesper Asholt in a harsh tale about an 11-year-old boy's struggle to hold intact his bizarre family with its abusive father, mother in denial, and rebellious sister during the social unrest of the early 1970s. Based upon an autobiographical novel by Erling Jepsen, the screenplay was written by Bo Hr. Hansen. The film received both the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Danish Film, and The Nordic Council Film Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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