Speed Walking
aka Kapgang First screened in October 2014
Director: Niels Arden Oplev. Cast: Villads Bøye, Frederik Winther Rasmussen, Kraka Donslund Nielsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jakob Ulrik Lohmann, Pilou Asbæk, Jakob E. Engmann, Bodil Lassen, David Dencik, Jens Malthe Næsby, Kurt Ravn, Jens Jørn Spottag, Stine Stengade, Anette Støvelbæk. Screenplay: Bo Hr. Hansen (based on the novel by Morten Kirkskov). Twitter Capsule:
Poignant treatment of grief and coming-of-age, but style, story feel amorphous. Some real lapses in judgment.
VOR:②
I'd like to feel more sanguine about a childhood tale that doesn't slap a label or obvious trajectory on a sexually ambiguous kid. Or about a rally of leading Danish acting talent. But it's hard.
