En soap (2006)

Director:

Pernille Fischer Christensen

Writers:

Kim Fupz Aakeson (writer)
Pernille Fischer Christensen (writer)

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transsexual. |

Plot Keywords:

Transexual | Gay Interest

Awards:

11 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Trine Dyrholm	...	Charlotte
David Dencik	...	Veronica
Frank Thiel	...	Kristian
Elsebeth Steentoft	...	Veronica's Mother
Christian Tafdrup	...	Costumer
Pauli Ryberg	...	Costumer
Jakob Ulrik Lohmann	...	One-Night Stand
Claes Bang	...	One-Night Stand
Christian Mosbæk	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Bentsen	...	Soap actress one (voice)
Tom Hale	...	Soap actor (voice)
Camilla Søeberg	...	Soap Actress three (voice)
Laura Kamis Wrang	...	Soap actress two (voice)

Also Known As:

A Soap (USA) (festival title)
En såpa (Sweden)

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark

Language:

English | Danish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/16

Company:

Garage Film AB

Trivia:

Veronicas first costumer is played by Christian Tafdrup, who played a male prostitute himself in his movie-debut Smukke dreng (1993). He asks Veronica to call him "lille soldat" (danish for "little soldier") which is also the title of Lille soldat (2008), another danish move dealing with prostitution and starring Trine Dyrholm

Soundtrack:

Take My Breath Away

A beautiful film

This film is a very beautiful and slow film. There is nothing Hollywood about it. It is very danish and the characters are very real. It is the first danish film to take up this transsexual theme. It is really about love that has no gender. I would not say it is about lesbian love even though the two main characters (the transsexual veronika and Charlotte) are attracted to each other. It is a story about love and life.

The story pretty much takes place in the two apartments. There is almost no background music, which makes it seem more real and intense. The two actors playing the main characters are great. They really make them seem real. They are not archetypes, but real people you could meet in the street. I think it is the first time I have seen a transsexual portrayed this well. Very well done.