“Will we be playing for a real audience?” “No, just a bunch of beavers.” Zentropa has revealed the first full trailer for a kooky dark comedy from Denmark titled The Last Viking, the latest from filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen (of Adam’s Apples, Men & Chicken, Riders of Justice). This is set to premiere at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in a few weeks as their next big Danish premiere, following Families Like Ours last year and The Promised Land the year before. This fun new comedy features Mads Mikkelsen & Nikolaj Lie Kaas as brothers, but Mikkelsen is traumatized and has strange psychological quirks – he thinks he’s John Lennon. After his brother, a bank robber, is released from jail he tries to unlock his other brother’s memory to recover stolen loot – since he’s the only one who knows where it’s buried near their parent’s old house in the woods. Comedy ensues when a psychiatrist puts together a band to help jog Mads’ memory. The main cast includes Sofie Gråbøl, Lars Ranthe, Kardo Razzazi, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, and Søren Malling. This looks like it should be funny and endearing, especially with another great Mads performance. // Continue Reading ›
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