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Nøgle hus spejl

  • 20152015
  • 1h 31m
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6.9/10
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Nøgle hus spejl (2015)
  • Drama
  • Romance
Lily and Max have been married for more than 50 years. Now they live together in a nursing home, where Max has been reliant on professional care since his stroke. Lily has been putting her o... Read allLily and Max have been married for more than 50 years. Now they live together in a nursing home, where Max has been reliant on professional care since his stroke. Lily has been putting her own needs aside and is desperately longing for excitement and intimacy in her life. When a ... Read allLily and Max have been married for more than 50 years. Now they live together in a nursing home, where Max has been reliant on professional care since his stroke. Lily has been putting her own needs aside and is desperately longing for excitement and intimacy in her life. When a man known as "the Pilot" moves in next door, Lily is immediately charmed by him and his pa... Read all
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  • Director
    • Michael Noer
  • Writers
    • Anders Frithiof August
    • Michael Noer
  • Stars
    • Ghita Nørby
    • Sven Wollter
    • Trine Pallesen
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  • Director
    • Michael Noer
  • Writers
    • Anders Frithiof August
    • Michael Noer
  • Stars
    • Ghita Nørby
    • Sven Wollter
    • Trine Pallesen
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    • 5User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations

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    Ghita Nørby
    Ghita Nørby
    • Lily
    Sven Wollter
    Sven Wollter
    • Piloten
    Trine Pallesen
    Trine Pallesen
    • Katrine
    Jens Brenaa
    • Max
    Yvonne Zinn
    • Yvonne
    Michael Sand
    • Henrik
    Marie-Louise Coninck
    • Tove
    Martin Hall
    • Lars
    Tove Pedersen
    • Tante
    Ely Rose
    • Farmor
    Klara Alma Osterhammel
    • Barnebarn 1
    Amina Una Reuter Thordal Christiansen
    • Barnebarn 2
    Emile Cecilie Siersbaek
    • Oldebarn
    Elsemarie Nielsen
    • Lage
    Steffen Guldbrandsen
    • Fysioterapuet
    Charlotte Wallin
    • Demenskoordinatorer
    Dorte Volder
    • Demenskoordinatorer
    Jan Toft
    • Hjaelpere
    • Director
      • Michael Noer
    • Writers
      • Anders Frithiof August
      • Michael Noer
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    • Crazy credits
      The first section of the end credits plays over a scene of the nursing home residents taking part in some seated physical activity and dancing.
    • Soundtracks
      I Love Paris
      Music by Cole Porter

      Lyrics by Cole Porter

      Performed by Dean Martin

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    9/10
    Two interesting story lines around an elderly couple in a nursing home. Most people living there play themselves and their movements and looks are very true to reality
    Saw this at the Rotterdam film festival 2015 (IFFR). Actually, there are two plots, an unexpected surprise given the running time of only 91 minutes. In the first half of the film we observe how Lilly lives in the nursing home as partner of husband Max, who is the real reason they moved in there. It is clear that Lilly is too healthy for a nursing home, but she had no choice. Thus no surprise that we see a growing love between Lilly and neighbor Erik. As could be expected, this is a relationship being frowned upon by others living in the same nursing house, as well as by her daughter. That other residents gave her dark looks can be easily explained, given that women are a majority there hence a bit of jealousy is evident. Her daughter may have good reasons of her own, fearing that Lilly will decide to separate from Max with whom she lost contact some time ago, due to his illness hardly responding to outside events. Initially, resisting both type of "frowners" seemed to be the main story line. It is a relevant theme with its own merits, and could have been sufficient the fill up the whole running time.

    However, somewhere halfway we see an 180 degree turn in the story line. Lilly suffers memory problems, something that her daughter already knew for some time. The title "Key House Mirror" refers to a memory test we see failing Lilly on. Of course, she herself does not believe it. Though Max is still alive and present, he becomes less prominent in the story. Lilly gets more and more focus, and also Erik but to a lesser extent. It took some time before Lilly gets convinced that she really has problems with her memory. A hefty scene at the family's former summer house is a turning point for her.

    What struck me most in this movie were the scenes in the nursing home. We observe the cosiness in organized form that is upheld for the people living there. It is a daunting preview on our own destiny, in the inevitable years that we cannot take care of our own pastime ways to fill our day anymore, and we may need physical help for each and every move. In the final Q&A we learned that most people we saw in the nursing home were playing themselves. At least 1/3 of the venue (all 372 seats booked) stayed for the Q&A, which is an unusually high fraction. A consensus opinion of those present during the Q&A, apparently people who had personal experience with elderly people, was their spontaneous confirmation that the way these people moved, and the look in their eyes, was true to reality. I consider this an achievement in itself.

    From the same film maker I saw Northwest (2013). I wrote very positively about it at the time. This new film proves that he can again arrive at a compelling product, albeit within a very different environment and a very different plot. This time we see normal community members rather than the underbelly of our society. Both times he made extensive use of non-professional actors around the main protagonists. From the Q&A after Northwest I remember this being his standard operating procedure, more of less coming from a past as a documentary maker.
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    • Release date
      • November 12, 2015 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Languages
      • Danish
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Key House Mirror
    • Production company
      • Nordisk Film Production
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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