Sex, Drugs & Taxation

2013 1h 50m DA

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 37

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Synopsis

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Maybe the best thing to come out of Scandinavia during the hippie years was, in fact, the story of a radical libertarian and a hedonist capitalist. Their friendship, forged by being outsiders in a conformist country, took them through years of adulation and success, with slight detours into the welcoming arms of vilification and imprisonment. A joyride through taxation, mass travel, hookers and politics. Not feeling too constrained by historical facts, director Christoffer Boe's story of Simon Spies and Mogens Glistrup covers just a few of their decades in a tale of warmth and humour, defiance and eccentricity.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Pilou Asbæk
Simon Spies
Nicolas Bro
Mogens Glistrup
Jesper Christensen
Dommer Bergsøe
Jakob Højlev Jørgensen
Jurij Moskvitin
Kasper Leisner
Jan Schmidt
Trine Pallesen
Lene Glistrup
Martin Hestbæk
Linda Avanu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christoffer Boe
Writers: Christoffer Boe, Simon Pasternak
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christoffer Boe, shot by Manuel Alberto Claro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Pilou Asbæk and Nicolas Bro and Jesper Christensen carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2191400 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christoffer Boe directs. Manuel Alberto Claro behind the camera. Jonas Struck scores. Peter Brandt cuts. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

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1Released 13 years ago.
2Directed by Christoffer Boe, shot by Manuel Alberto Claro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jonas Struck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Peter Brandt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Pilou Asbæk and Nicolas Bro and Jesper Christensen carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt2191400 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.