Direktøren for det hele (2006)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writer:

Lars von Trier (writer)

Release Date:

8 December 2006 (Denmark)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Firm | Boss | Business | Negotiation

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Jens Albinus	...	Direktøren for det hele / Kristoffer / Svend E
Peter Gantzler	...	Ravn
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	...	Finnur (as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson)
Benedikt Erlingsson	...	Tolk
Iben Hjejle	...	Lise
Henrik Prip	...	Nalle
Mia Lyhne	...	Heidi A.
Casper Christensen	...	Gorm
Louise Mieritz	...	Mette
Jean-Marc Barr	...	Spencer
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Kisser
Anders Hove	...	Jokumsen

Also Known As:

The Boss of It All (Germany) (International: English title)
Direktören för det hele (Sweden)
Il grande capo (Italy)
Le direktør (France)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden | Iceland | Italy | France | Norway | Finland | Germany

Language:

Danish | Icelandic | English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:M18 | Italy:T (original rating) | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Norway:10 (TV rating) | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Zentropa Productions

Trivia:

This movie is shot with camera technique called Automavision, an innovation in which the camera angles and movements are selected by a computer. The media notes explain technique, "a principle for shooting film developed with the intention of limiting human influence by inviting chance in from the cold". There are odd framings and jump cuts within scenes making everything seem a bit unsettled.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Automavison - Det nye regelsæt (2007) (V)

von Trier at his most Danish

This will be a little hard to understand, for those who are not familiar with Scandinavian office culture and enterprise democracy. For those who are, it's funny.

The unemployed actor gets a job. He's supposed to act as executive, during some sensitive business with an Icelandic buyer. It doesn't develop like he has imagined, but in fact it doesn't develop like anyone has imagined.

There's lots of kicking here in every direction and not at least against cultural snobbism. It's von Trier back to the basics, but not that easy to grip for people outside a Scandinavian environment.