The relationship between Greenland and Denmark is full of fantasy and myths. And these are exactly what Danish artist Lasse Lau reflects upon – and in turn documents – in his first feature-length film. But how do you give a form to the Greenlandic experience when you are an outsider yourself? Lau has created a sensitive film about authenticity and recreation by letting both elements become a part of the work, together with his performers. But also by watching and listening intently. The colonial history is entrenched in both Greenland's infinitely beautiful landscapes and in the collective consciousness. But so is the willingness to break with it and look ahead with a new political self-awareness. 'Lykkelænder' is the result of a long-term research project, but talks about its extremely complex topics in a way that grounds the postcolonial perspective in a recognisable life experience. It does so with both a sense of humour and with emphasis.
Bartender
자신의 꿈은 접어둔 채 16년째 ‘라이프’ 잡지사에서 포토 에디터로 일하고 있는 월터 미티. 해본 것도, 가본 곳도, 특별한 일도 없는 월터의 유일한 취미는 바로 상상! 상상 속에서만큼은 ‘본 시리즈’보다 용감한 히어로, ‘벤자민 버튼’보다 로맨틱한 사랑의 주인공이 된다. 어느 날, ‘라이프’지의 폐간을 앞두고 전설의 사진작가가 보내 온 표지 사진이 사라지는 일이 벌어진다. 당장 사진을 찾아오지 못할 경우 직장에서 쫓겨날 위기에 처하게 된 월터는 사라진 사진의 미스터리를 풀기 위해 연락조자 닿지 않는 사진작가를 찾아 떠나는데… 지구 반대편 여행하기, 바다 한 가운데 헬기에서 뛰어내리기, 폭발직전 화산으로 돌진하기 등 한 번도 뉴욕을 벗어나 본 적 없는 월터는 전혀 예상치 못한 곳에서 상상과는 비교도 안 되는 수 많은 어드벤처를 겪으면서 생애 최고의 순간을 맞이하게 되는데… 당신이 망설이고 있는 그 순간, 월터의 상상은 현실이 된다!
Grandmother
A love-struck man discovers he has an incurable illness shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams.
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madeleine, the Métis common-law wife of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, is torn between loyalty to her husband and loyalty to her brother, a freetrader. Even more shattering, a change in company policy destroys Madeleine's happy and secure life, forcing her to re-evaluate her identity.
