Pure Hearts

"To Kriss, the World is Black and White. Until you explore it."

2006 1h 22m DA

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 27

Drama

Synopsis

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To the mentally ill Kriss, the world is divided up into 'good and evil', just like in the old B&W melodrama, 'Pure Hearts', which Kriss and his fellow patient, Willy, spend their days repeatedly watching at the psychiatric ward. To Kriss this film is the bible. One day after a serious conflict with one of the hospital's other patients their viewing rights are retracted. Kriss is deeply frustrated by this, until he realises that Linda, the young girl in the film, actually exists in the shape of the film's star, the actress Ulla Vilstrup. Setting fire to the hospital, Kriss and Willy escape into the night, determined to find her, because life is what you make of it.

“To Kriss, the World is Black and White. Until you explore it.”

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Cast

Anders Matthesen
Kriss
Laura Bro
Linda / Charlotte
Morten Suurballe
Willy
Lisbet Dahl
Mor
Helle Hertz
Ulla Vilstrup
Andrea Vagn Jensen
Vera
Lone Lindorff
Madammen
Lise Stegger
Bibliotekar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenneth Kainz
Writers: Kim Fupz Aakeson
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CAST

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Anders Matthesen and Laura Bro and Morten Suurballe carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To Kriss, the World is Black and White. Until you explore it.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0495237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kenneth Kainz directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Anders Matthesen and Laura Bro and Morten Suurballe carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "To Kriss, the World is Black and White. Until you explore it.".
5IMDB entry: tt0495237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.