Gone with the Fish

Overview

Based on director Lotte Svendsen's own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm, but though it is set in 1981 the conflicts portrayed do not seem far away. At the start of the film Lars Erik and his wife Sonja are doing well on the Baltic island of Bornholm. Lars Erik is a successful fisherman, Sonja is a traditional housewife, proud of their new house bulging with consumer goods. Their love for each other is the sturdy footing on which their home is founded. Lars Erik employs three men on his trawler, and spends as fast as he earns, so when fishing quotas are cut he faces a crisis. One by one his men leave the boat, but he refuses to give up. Being a fisherman is like being a farmer - you depend on the wealth of mother nature herself. However, mother nature is like romance, highly capricious!

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 3, 1999

Original language

Danish

Spoken languages

Danish

Production

Per Holst Filmproduktion

Cast

Holger Anker Kofod,Anna Norberg,Troels II Munk,Hans Kristian Nørregaard,Isidor Torkar,Søren Hauch-Fausbøll,Willy Lund Hansen,Thorkild Westh,Jette Frovin Jensen,Barbara Jakobsenand 32 more

Director

Lotte Svendsen

Writer

Lotte Svendsen,Elith Nulle Nykjær

Producer

Per Holst,Thomas Lydholm

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Music

Jens Brygmann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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