Portland af niels arden oplev biography

1996 Danish drama film

Portland is a 1996 Danish drama film written and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, in his feature film debut.^[3] It stars Anders W.

Berthelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, and Iben Hjejle. The film, whose title is a reference to the Danish cement company Aalborg Portland,^[1] was selected for competition at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]

Plot

The film is set in northern Denmark^[3] and depicts the "violent drug-fueled adventures of two brothers, Janus (Anders Wodskou Berthelsen) and Jakob (Michael Muller) at the bottom of Denmark's social ladder."^[1]

Cast

Reception

American critic Stephen Holden called the film "blood-chilling" with the

"feel of a nihilisticprank.

But although flashy, it has fundamental weaknesses. Partly because the actor playing him has no dramatic range, the transformation of Jakob from softhearted reform-school punk into sadistic iron man isn't the slig