When Dennis, an introvert bodybuilder, invites a local girl out on a date his mother is hurt and disappointed. Despite the pressure she puts on him to cancel, Dennis ventures into a night that he will never forget. ,,Dennis" is the story of a boy's attempt to cut loose of his possessive mother and of a fragile teenage mind captures in a huge macho body.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 18 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2007
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Mads Matthiesen
- Screenplay
- Mads Matthiesen, Martin Zandvliet
- Cinematography
- Mads Matthiesen, Michael Noer, Niki Vraast-Thomsen
- Music
- Sune Martin
- Cast
- Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lykke Sand Michelsen
Festivals and awards
- nominatedfor Best Short Film Award.
Director
Mads Matthiesen
Mads Matthiesen was born 1976 in Denmark. Has a bachelor degree in comparative literature and rhetoric from 2005 and a master degree in modern cultural studies from 2009 – both from Copenhagen University. Trained in film direction at the film talent school Super16. Has directed several short and feature films.
