A Fortunate Man (2018)

Original title

Lykke-Per

Directed by

Bille August

Genre

drama film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

2h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A young man from a strict religious family moves to Copenhagen to become an engineer. He strives to achieve success and independence while grappling with his past and the expectations of society.

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What happens

A Fortunate Man (Danish: Lykke-Per) is a 2018 Danish drama film directed by Bille August. In August 2018, it was one of three films shortlisted to be the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. The film is based on the eight-volume novel (originally translated into English as Lucky Per, but more recently and more precisely as "A Fortunate Man" - the Danish word 'lykke' does not translate simply as "luck") - by Danish Nobel Prize-winning author Henrik Pontoppidan and published between 1898 and 1904. The film's title comes from the 2018 translation by Paul Larkin – A Fortunate Man, published by Museum Tusculanum Press – and the film was released on American Netflix streaming on 19 April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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