After yet another mission abroad, the young soldier Lotte returns home, completely disillusioned with life. Lotte’s unreliable father offers her a job as a chauffeur for his Nigerian girlfriend, the escort girl Lily. Both Lotte and Lily carry invisible scars and are reluctant at first, but a friendship slowly emerges between the two women, and things take an unexpected turn.“Can you save somebody who doesn’t want salvation? And if you decide to save somebody, aren’t you really saving yourself just as much? Your mind, or your view of life or the world? The motive for saving somebody is as important as the act of salvation itself. Saviors are good. But not always only that”, – says Annette K. Olesen.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 40 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2008
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Annette K. Olesen
- Screenplay
- Kim Fupz Aakeson
- Cinematography
- Camilla Hjelm
- Music
- Kaare Bjerkø
- Cast
- Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
- unknown - 1
Director
Annette K. Olesen
Annette K. Olesen born 1965, Denmark. Graduated in direction at the National Film School of Denmark, 1991. With her first three feature films selected for the competition at Berlin International Film Festival, Olesen has become a Berlin-regular. Her feature film debut, “Minor Mishaps” (2002), a festival hit, won the Blue Angel Award at Berlin. Her next two films, also selected for the Berlin competition, both screened at festivals worldwide: “In Your Hands” (2004) was recipient of numerous awards. “Little Soldier” (2008) is Olesen’s fourth feature film.
