The Wedding Photographer
(BRYLLUPSFOTOGRAFEN) ((DANISH))
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Daniel Svare ... Kurt Ravn
Maria Galaxe ... Nonny Sand
Vera Berg ... Ilse Rande
Tarik ... Kadhim Faraj
Max ... Anders Peter Bro
Christoffer Berg ... Niels Skousen
Ahmed ... Runi Lewerissa
Swedish theater and film director Johan Bergenstrahle made something of a name for himself in the '70s with pix that touched on ingrained Scandi racism ("Made in Sweden,""Foreigners,""A Baltic Tragedy"). Now he's back with a tale revealing that racists remain menacingly active in the Danish provinces in the ' 90s.
Pic's main theme, however, is a familiar tale of a middle-aged man, a former revolutionary and top TV journalist known for his hard-hitting programs from the world's trouble spots. He retires to his hometown and has an affair with an actress young enough to be his daughter. Modest outing is basically a small-screen experience.
Kurt Ravn plays the burnt-out Daniel, who comes home and takes over the photography business where he served an apprenticeship as a boy. An old flame (Ilse Rande) wants to reignite their relationship, but Daniel is more interested in the alluring Maria (Nonny Sand), a young actress who's playing a nude scene with an Arab actor in an updated production of Strindberg's "Miss Julie" on the local boards. The night Daniel checks out her performance, Maria and her co-star are literally tarred and feathered by racist louts in midperformance.
Production values are modest for this low-budgeter, which is decently acted but really doesn't say anything new about its subjects.
Camera (color), Erling Thurmann-Andersen; editor, Peter Englesson; music, Pierre Dorge, Irene Becker; production design, Tove Robert Rasmussen; sound (Dolby), Morten Bottzauw; casting, Jacob Kielland.
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