The Art of Crying
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Cast & Crew
Peter Schonau Fog
Thomas Knuth-winterfeldt
Hanne Hedelund
Julie Kolbeck
Jesper Asholt
Jannik Lorenzen
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Follows a precocious, eleven-year-old Allan, who tries desperately to keep his dysfunctional, rural family together during the social upheavals of the early seventies. Allan reveres his father, Henry, the local milkman, and can't understand why others don't feel the same way. His family life is so twisted he thinks it's perfectly normal to stay awake all night dealing with his father's hysterics and suicidal threats. Allan's older brother left town several years ago, and his mother gave up long before that, relying on sleeping pills to escape Henry's tantrums. Allan then becomes obsessed with a rival family, whom he considers foolish white trash until they start taking away Henry's customers. He is frustrated that his mother doesn't take his father's complaints seriously, and is perplexed by the increasingly rebellious and bizarre behavior of his sister, Sanne. Incapable of understanding what's going on and heavily influenced by his father, Allan commits appalling acts, unaware of their import.
Director
Peter Schonau Fog
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Winner of the Volkswagen Youth Award at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Released in United States September 2006
Released in United States November 2006
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi/New Directors) September 21-30, 2006.
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 21-April 1, 2007.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.
Shown at Rome International Film Festival (New Cinema Network) October 15-23, 2009.
Based on the novel "Kunsten At Graede I Kor" written by Erling Jepsen and published in 2001.
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi/New Directors) September 21-30, 2006.)
Released in United States November 2006 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles Film Festival (International Feature Competition) November 1-12, 2006.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 21-April 1, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Cinema) January 25-February 4, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Rome International Film Festival (New Cinema Network) October 15-23, 2009.)
