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LARS OG PETER (LARS AND PETER)

Movie Picture

In Competition
Directed by :
Daniel BORGMAN 
Country:
DENMARK, NEW ZEALAND
Year:
2009
Duration:
15.00 minutes

Synopsis

Lars just wants his family to be happy, but after seeing his father in a desperate act, he finds himself more alone than ever...

Short Synopsis
Lars (9) is naïve and innocent, all he wants is for his father to be happy and his family to be together. Lars' mother is gone and life has been empty and dysfunctional without her. On the eve of his birthday, Lars’ dad, Peter, gets himself drunk and after an embarrassing argument with the next-door neighbour, Alma, ends up masturbating in the backyard. Lars sees everything. Now things are worse than ever. Lars is all alone, struggling to understand what he has seen, he has to figure everything out by himself…

Long Synopsis
Lars (9) is naïve and innocent, all he wants is for his father to be happy and his family to be together. Lars' mother is gone and life is empty and dysfunctional without her. Today is his dad's birthday. Lars bakes a cake and sings birthday songs, but in the evening his dad, Peter, sits up late drinking alone, lost in the memories of his wife. In his loneliness Peter ends up going next door to confess his feelings of desire to the next-door neighbour, Alma. He of course is quickly rejected and a twist of fate finds Lars in the back yard seeing the argument that ensues. After his rejection Peter storms home and, caught up in drunken despair, masturbates violently behind the house. Of course Lars is witness to it all. Not understanding what is going on, and full of shock and worry, Lars calls out to his father, who in return yells at him, and tells him to get away. The next day, no one in the house wants to talk. Now Lars is really alone, struggling to understand the new and vastly more complicated and absurd adult world that he has just found himself in the midst of, he has to figure everything out by himself

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Daniel BORGMAN
Daniel BORGMAN

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Production

TWO LITLLE GHOSTS - Katja ADOMEIT - Jaegersborggade 11, st 2200 Copenhagen N Denmark - T : +4536868721 - F : +4536868789 - Katja.adomeit@gmail.com ZENTROPA (DENMARK)

Foreign sales

TRUSTNORDISK - Tine Klint - Filmbyen 12, 2650 Hvidovre, Danmark - T : +45 3686 8788 - F : +45 3677 4448 - tine@trustnordisk.com - www.trustnordisk.com

The Official Selection 2009

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