Reconstruction (2003 film)

• Nikolaj Lie Kaas: Alex David
• Krister Henriksson: August Holm
• Nicolas Bro Leo sand
• Ida Dwinger: Monica
• Bright Fagralid: Nan sand
• Isabella Miehe -Renard: Journalist
• Malene Schwartz: Woman Barium
• Peter Steen: Mel David
• David Dencik: bartender

Reconstruction is a Danish film noir drama from the year 2003.

Action

The story begins with the writer August, which introduces the story with the following topics:

Alex walks into a bar and meets Aimee, he responds and that is done by him. Both flirt intensive and later end up with her in the room where they sleep together.

A little later, Aimee and August meet again in a hotel and take a room. But August, because he is on book tour to perceive some business meetings with his assistant Monica, so he leaves his wife alone. However, Aimee does not want to be alone and left the hotel to go for a walk in the city. At the same time Alex goes with his best friend Leo through the street and confesses to him that his relationship with Simone was too much to him. Even later, when dining with Simone and his father to him, everything is too much, so he sends his apologies and runs itself alone through the city.

Both Alex and Aimee meet then randomly at the station, where Alex has eyes only for Aimee, follows her into the car and tried to address them. Simone walks up and clings to Alex, but who wants to disappear only to her and to be with Aimee. When this then leaves the track, he sprinted after her and follows her to the coffee where it appeals to them again. The complete interview is like in the opening scene, only this time you are both familiar, so they end up faster in Aimee's hotel room and spend both again a night of love with each other.

After August returns to the hotel to Aimee, he discovered the traces of this wild night of love and the message that Aimee should meet her lover by 13 clock. August is stunned and leaves the hotel again and this must only cope, but he gives his wife pretend to be clueless and offers her his complete readings cancel and be there just for them.

Meanwhile, Alex tries to return home, but his old life no longer seems to exist, since neither his apartment is still not where it once was, still can remember his neighbor woman Barium, his best friend Leo, his girlfriend Simone or his father to him and hold it for a spinner, they have aggressively on its own. So he runs into " Le Sommelier " to meet Aimee, where they again re-enact an amorous acquaintance. After they have cheated the bill, they spend a carefree time in the park and Aimee are Alex her ring, which she wants to show that they are in any case - as promised in Rome - see again, but first she had to just say goodbye to someone.

August knows about the possible separation of Aimee, so he is still trying one last time to stop them, by wanting to show her in a dedication of the book his love for her. But Aimee has long since finished with him, packs her bags and leaves him. She goes to the appointed bar and then waits for Alex. This has, however, after he realized that his girlfriend loved him dearly, Simone in the " Bo -Bi Bar " visited, to say goodbye permanently from her. But this is Alex interesting, so that they will not let him go and he shows up late in Aimee's Bar. But it is long since gone and Alex must strive to catch up in time. And she is deeply disappointed that Alex has let sit, so it requires a final proof of her love of him. He should go with her to the station and not turn to her. He doubts that she follows him, they will disappear. And shortly before the common goal Alex doubted whether Aimee followed him, so he turns around and she is now gone.

Alex will then move quickly to the hotel, to convince Aimee for a common future in Rome, but she says that she could not remember him and that he should disappear. And so closes August the film as narrator with the words:

Criticism

The film received very good reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes of 37 evaluated 28 professional reviews positive, corresponding to a value of 76%. Also by the general public, the film was well received, because at the same time evaluated 86 % of 4,845 users the film positive. This in turn is from the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, confirmed, because there gave the film an average of 4,146 users very good 7.2 out of 10 possible points. (As of August 5, 2011 )

In the Central German newspaper Thomas Borchert said that Reconstruction an " original cinematic realization of courage and audacity " was. Boe wanted to " seduce with images instead of a history [ ... ] " the audience. However, one must love the imagery, because only then can you experience a " refined built film with intense and intimate image sequences ".

In the Taz Andreas Busche criticized that it is merely Reconstruction RELATES a " diffuse New Age Liebesmystizismus ', which is as similar movies like Memento, Virtual Nightmare worse - Open Your Eyes and forget- me-not! . In contrast, praised Wilfried hip just a few weeks later, in the same journal, Reconstruction as " a tricky confusion, a test set of the love which sometimes threatens to be too self-absorbed in their own sophistication ."

The renowned film critic of the New York Times, AO Scott praised, because of the architecture of Copenhagen, the choice of film location and found that the " gentle and compelling film [ ... ] try with less intense emotions than with evocative moods " to convince. Am working this romance, as if she had " a literary soul that could zurordnen the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar ."

On bbc.co.uk Matthew Leyland said that Reconstruction " is stylish, complex and challenging film that torment the mind, but the feelings would not affect " a. Everything is designed to develop as little sense as possible feelings for the characters. In addition, Leyland compared the film with the play Orfeo ed Euridice.

Lisa Nelson said in Variety magazine that the film is about " borderline banal dialogues " Concerning operative and the cigarette smoke vermittele an atmosphere of " bring emotional weight, which he did not really deserve " the film a.

Background

• In order to create a certain visual style, the film was shot only with available, so do not artificially added, light.
• In addition Boe made ​​the film without storyboards and shooting schedule.
• To symbolize a certain timelessness, were deliberately omitted modern communication options such as phone or Internet.
• The film was inspired by a photograph of Jacques -Henri Lartigue. So Boe saw a picture of a woman in a room with empty bookshelves and knew that he wanted to make a film " about a man who wants to come home, but it can not because his home is gone. And it had to be a love story ".

Awards

• Two nominations at the Danish Film Award for Best Danish Bodil namely film and for Best Actress
• Two awards at the Danish Film Award for Best Editing Robert and Best Sound, as well as four other nominations ( Best Cinematography, Best Make-Up, Best Director Best Danish film )
• The Golden Camera for Christoffer Boe at the International Film Festival of Cannes 2003
• A nomination as Best New Film at the European Film Awards
• A nomination for Best discovery at the Chlotrudis Awards
• The audience prize at the Istanbul International Film Festival

Publication

Reconstruction had its world premiere before he started off at the International Film Festival of Cannes 2003, after further screenings at film festivals on 26 September 2003 in the Danish cinemas. In Germany the movie was released on June 10, 2004 in theaters and is available on DVD since 11 November 2004.