Klown
Synopsis: In what critics are hailing as “the funniest movie of the year!” (IFC), KLOWN follows two wildly inappropriate friends — played by celebrated international comedians Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen — as they run amok through the Danish countryside, plowing through endless awkward confrontations and unspeakable debaucheries. Hopelessly wrongheaded Frank “kidnaps” the 12-year-old nephew of his pregnant girlfriend in an eager attempt to prove his fatherhood potential, and they join sex-crazed Casper on his secret adulterous weekend canoe trip. Rampaging through exclusive brothels, hospitalizations, armed robberies and even prison, the three paddle downstream from one chaotic misadventure to the next, all culminating in a surprisingly sentimental portrait of friendship and a final shocking reveal that you’ll never be able to unsee.
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Starring
Casper Christensen (Casper)
Marcuz Jess Petersen (Bo)
Mia Lyhne (Mia)
Iben Hjejle (Iben)
Lars Hjortshøj (Hjortshøj)
Tina Bilsbo (Tina Bilsbo)
Mads Lisby
Anne Møen (Katrine)
Niels Weyde (Ole)
Elsebeth Steentoft (Pykker)
Roger Kormind (Fætter Andreas)
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Frank Hvam
Mikkel Nørgaard
Produced by
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Martin Schade
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Awards
Zulu Awards - Denmark - 2011
Best Film (Mikkel Nørgaard)
Zulu Awards - Denmark - 2011
Best Actor (Frank Hvam)
Zulu Awards - Denmark - 2011
Best Supporting Actor (Marcuz Jess Petersen)
Robert Festival - Denmark - 2011
Audience Award (Mikkel Nørgaard (director), Louise Vesth (producer))
Fantasia Film Festival - Canada - 2011
Best Feature Cheval Noir (Mikkel Nørgaard Zentropa Productions 2)
Austin Fantastic Fest - USA - 2011
Best Picture Gutbuster Comedy Feature (Mikkel Nørgaard Zentropa Productions 2)
Quotes
In its cheerfully offensive and bizarre way, Klown is often funny. - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Its deliberate aversion to good taste is the biggest gag of all, and the source of its claim to infamy; yet running beneath the grossness, and the calamitous bonhomie, is a quiet streak of despair. - Anthony Lane, New Yorker
It's the absurdity of the whole thing, combined with subtly brilliant comic performances and a richly warm centre, that make Nørgaard's film so thoroughly enjoyable. - Ben Nicholson, CineVue
KLOWN is a one of the most comically aggressive films you will ever see. - Chase Whale, Film.com
This slice of life comedy is crude, inappropriate, disgusting, and ridiculously funny. - J Hurtado, Screen Anarchy
A gleefully rude Danish wronging-of-age comedy. - Simon Crook, Empire Magazine
Press
Rotten Tomatoes - Certified Fresh - [Rotten Tomatoes]
