Mørke
Directed by:
Jannik JohansenCinematography:
Rasmus VidebækComposer:
Antony GennCast:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Laura Drasbæk, Lærke Winther, Anne Sofie Espersen, Morten Lützhøft, Søren Thomsen, Lars Lunøe, Lisbet Lundquist (more)Plots(1)
Jacob (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) cannot sleep. He suffers from recurring dreams about his handicapped sister Julie's (Lotte Bergstrøm) attempted drowning some time ago. The family comes to visit and he learns that she is about to marry Anker (Nicolas Bro), a man she recently met on the Internet. Anker swears love and devotion, while on Julie's wedding night she successfully takes her own life. Anker appears inconsolable. Copy picture Several months later, Jacob goes through Julie's personal effects and finds a clue that Anker may not be all he appears to be. Using his journalistic contacts, he tracks him down to Mørke, a little village - like Royston Vasey, You'll Never Leave - and discovers that he is engaged to another disabled woman, with the wedding in a few days. Is Anker a serial killer? A psychopath? Is Jacob going mad with guilt about his sister? Or is the film just content to jerk its audience around? (official distributor synopsis)
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Nikolaj Lie Kaas is definitely not one of the top Danish actors. In the other hand, he is an incredibly good fit for those gloomy Danish mysteries, just like in the case of Morke. He glowers the entire time, but he’s surrounded by solid atmosphere and a tangled murder mystery. There is something about this movie, something that will make me remember Nikolaj Lie Kaas forever. Not bad.
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Of the Danish films, I like the more recent stuff like Journal 64 or The Absent One, but Murk is no disgrace, and it oozes Nordic film style. The slow, gloomy and drawn out narrative (which unfortunately not everyone appreciates), along with a decent subject make Murk a fine, intelligent thing that unfortunately gets a bit illogical towards the end, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas not only looks like a fool the whole film, but acts a bit like one in the finale. The villain is properly nasty, the Nordic setting is excellent, the idea is original and the film can be sensitive in certain places, so I'm satisfied, but since I have something to compare it with I won't give four stars and leave that rather to other Danes.
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