Black Balls

2009 1h 22m DA

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 32

Comedy

Synopsis

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Alex Klein is a bankrupt real estate executive whose life is on a collision course. Not only do the market and his career look like a Trabant from before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but he has a wife who is thriving in success; a family whose habits are driving him insane; clients with bad taste and too much money. Not to mention 14-year-old baristas who think they know the difference between highland coffee beans, picked by virgins at midnight and the coffee from the local supermarket. So there's a lot getting on his nerves, so much so, that one day, when things become real serious, he can only weather the storm in his own repelling way.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anders Matthesen
Alex Klein
Søren Rislund
Lurifax
Iben Dorner
Dorthe
Søren Malling
Læge
Thomas Hartmann
Marc
Linda P
Judith
Jack Arnold
Rasmus
Jakob Fauerby
Ingolf

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anders Matthesen
Writers: Anders Matthesen, Anders Matthesen, Simon Bang
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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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anders Matthesen, shot by Mads Thomsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tue Track. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kasper Leick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Anders Matthesen and Søren Rislund and Iben Dorner carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1363140 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anders Matthesen directs. Mads Thomsen behind the camera. Tue Track scores. Kasper Leick cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

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Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Directed by Anders Matthesen, shot by Mads Thomsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tue Track. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kasper Leick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Anders Matthesen and Søren Rislund and Iben Dorner carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1363140 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.