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Angels in Fast Motion

Original title: Nordkraft
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.9K
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Angels in Fast Motion (2005)
CrimeDramaRomance

The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.

  • Director
    • Ole Christian Madsen
  • Writers
    • Ole Christian Madsen
    • Bo Hr. Hansen
    • Jakob Ejersbo
  • Stars
    • Signe Egholm Olsen
    • Claus Riis Østergaard
    • Thure Lindhardt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    2.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ole Christian Madsen
    • Writers
      • Ole Christian Madsen
      • Bo Hr. Hansen
      • Jakob Ejersbo
    • Stars
      • Signe Egholm Olsen
      • Claus Riis Østergaard
      • Thure Lindhardt
    • 11User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Signe Egholm Olsen
    • Maria
    Claus Riis Østergaard
    Claus Riis Østergaard
    • Allan
    Thure Lindhardt
    Thure Lindhardt
    • Steso
    Farshad Kholghi
    • Hossein
    Thomas L. Corneliussen
    • Asger
    • (as Thomas Corneliussen)
    Pernille Vallentin
    • Tilde
    • (as Pernille Vallentin Brandt)
    Signe Vaupel
    • Maja
    Rudi Køhnke
    • Frank
    Maria Stenz
    • Marias mor
    Finn Storgaard
    • Hans Jørgen
    Lars Mikkelsen
    Lars Mikkelsen
    • Stesos far
    Søs Egelind
    • Stesos mor
    Stanislav Sevcik
    Stanislav Sevcik
    • Taber
    Nils P. Munk
    • Aksel
    Paw Henriksen
    Paw Henriksen
    • Rocker Kurt
    Kirsten Norholt
    • Allans mor
    Priscilla Rasmussen
    • Mette, Allans søster
    Barbara Hesselager
    • Franks pige
    • Director
      • Ole Christian Madsen
    • Writers
      • Ole Christian Madsen
      • Bo Hr. Hansen
      • Jakob Ejersbo
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    User reviews11

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    8zarch-3

    Not totally convincing kind of rough

    But amazing film of a group of people (3 are couples) who are all connected through the drugs trade. They all having problems that arise from the profession and viewed from different angles of the pushers, the users and their partners/friendships/family all struggling to cope. The film is trying to cover so much territory and almost too complicated it requires repeated viewings to capture all details. Some violent scenes portray the edge of seat chaos of drug subculture in Denmark, maybe lacking humor as these people are living desperate lives but they all trying to get out of their situation, very interesting.
    5stuebirk

    I'm not that impressed

    The fact the Nordkraft takes place far away from Copenhagen, but deals with typical big city issues, makes it somewhat interesting. The problem is that it just doesn't tell my why we are i Aalborg. With the title "Nordkraft", the scene is set for something different from a standard junkie movie. But that is exactly what we get, a standard junkie movie, nothing more, nothing less. The characters are stereotypes and doesn't bring anything new to the table. I like the choice of music in the movie, it works so far as emphasizing the moods in the scenes.

    The actors deliver convincing performances, but again the is problems. There is no consistency in the use of dialects, and some of the characters actually gain dialects during the movie.

    Being a danish movie, there is lots a nudity. Not overdone and generally good to look at.
    7Malte006

    - Good movie with a great atmosphere...

    Nordkraft

    Directed by Ole Christian Madsen (2005)

    This movie deals with three different people and each their story. The one thing they have in common is the fact that they all have roots in the drug world of the Danish city Aalborg. Maria's boyfriend is a minor local pusher, and she's going on waiting for something big to happen for them; though slowly recognizing that her dream has become an illusion. Allan returns to Aalborg after a serious accident hit him, when he worked on a ship in the Atlantic. Afters his returns his past catches up with him, and he must deal with some serious decisions. The last person we follow in Steso. Steso, or Thomas as he's really named, is a full time junkie, who's only purposes in life are his girlfriend and getting high constantly. But after his girlfriend has meat someone new, his present as he has known it till now is being threatened.

    These are three good stories but without a main thread between the three of them. The director has used relatively young and inexperienced actors, with Thure Lindhart as the exception. This means that the acting has some flaws and doesn't seem convincing throughout the movie. But it helps give the movie a more rough tone and dialect, helping to create great atmosphere this movie has. The visual side is also really good, containing some really cool dolly shots of the leading characters. An interesting movie that shows that drugs and the problem that follows doesn't just exist in Copenhagen.

    7/10
    8threeJane

    Great characters

    By that, I don't mean Maria, Allan and Steso (Thomas) who were meant to be the three main characters. I mean Maria, Allan and Hossein. All the way through, I was hoping for Steso to get more interesting or more involved in the slowly interconnecting story. At the same time, I was straining to learn more about Hossein, the Persian war veteran with enough self-esteem to share.

    As an English-speaker, I could not help compare this film with *Trainspotting*. It is a very 'f*** life' philosophy and comments more than once on the bourgeois and their habits.

    I also could not help but compare the camera-work with that of *Requeim for a Dream*. David Stratton would hate it: rushy and giddy - but I like that sort of thing. There was no stop-motion that I remember.

    I did like the sound-track, but I may be biased because the lyrics were often in English.
    6yorktown_hawk

    Requiem for a Trainspotting in Denmark

    I'll preface this by saying that I only watched this movie to see the very brief performance of one of the cast.

    Having never seen a Danish film and knowing nothing about this film going in, I couldn't help but feel like I was watching a mishmash of Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Trainspotting (1996) in a more traditional European type movie structure.

    While US/UK movies usually follow the same structure (Sizzling start. Backfill, pebble, rock, boulder, conclusion) that starts with a bang before slowly building the drama/action/tension as the movie goes on, this movie took a more nuanced, straight-line structure with an intricate move from one storyline to the next that can keep the watcher engaged despite their being minimal action or drama. I didn't mind this structure albeit being one I'm not used to. It gave the feel of the movie a more realistic touch.

    However, there were far too many similarities between this movie and the 2 mentioned above, as has been mentioned by other reviewers. Since those movies came out 5 and 9 years prior to this one, you cannot say the similarities were accidental. Especially when the main music composition was almost a plagiarised version of 'Lux Aeterna', the theme from Requiem for a Dream.

    There were 2 standout performances in this.

    Lars Mikkelsen - His performance, although minimal, was world class at the very end of the movie. Felt so genuine like it was happening for real. Gave me goosebumps. Magnificent.

    Allen's niece - They went uncredited in this performance so I won't name them. The effectiveness of their performance is so understated. Their soft baby sounds was angelic in their sounds. Almost as if it was foretold that they'd be singing some of the most beautiful music in the world. I may be a little bias in my assessment, though.

    Overall a decent movie. Had I not had seen RfaD and Trainspotting many years before seeing this, I may've rated this higher.

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    • Trivia
      The first scene seen in the movie was shot in Pusherstreet in Christiania, Denmark, and was the first time anyone had ever been allowed to film there. It used to be impossible because of the great powers of the pushers, but Christiania and the pushers wanted some good publicity, because they'd just been cleared out, and they may have realized they were part of the outside world and not merely a closed system.
    • Quotes

      Steso: I am a drug addict. I am definitely a drug addict. I'm hooked. I'll gladly confess to the fact, that I am an addict. Addict of Valium, LSD, coke, heroin, methadone, opium, Rohypnol, crystal meth, morphine, mescaline, amphetamine, C vitamins, D, vitamins, hashish, pot, hash-oil, skunk.

    • Connections
      Featured in Smagsdommerne: Episode #1.7 (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Walking Through
      Composed by Jan 'Bas' Nissen, Martin Soelmark and Biljana Stojkoska

      Performed by Jan 'Bas' Nissen

      From the album "Putting All The Pieces Together"

      Duck On The Walk 2004

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 2005 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Северная сила
    • Filming locations
      • Christiania, Christianshavn, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Production companies
      • Nimbus Film
      • Danmarks Radio (DR)
      • Zentropa Entertainments 5
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 5m(125 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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