The Art of Crying

The Art of Crying
Danish poster
Directed by	Peter Schønau Fog
Produced by	Thomas Stenderup
Written by	Bo Hr. Hansen
Based on	The Art of Crying by Erling Jepsen
Starring	Jesper Asholt Jannik Lorenzen
Music by	Karsten Fundal
Cinematography	Harald Paalgard
Edited by	Anne Østerud
Distributed by	SF Film
Release dates	September 9, 2006 (2006-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival) April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15) (Denmark)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

The Art of Crying (Danish: Kunsten at Græde i Kor) is a 2006 Danish tragicomedy directed by Peter Schønau Fog. It stars Jannik Lorenzen and Jesper Asholt in a harsh tale about an 11-year-old boy's struggle to hold intact his bizarre family with its abusive father, mother in denial, and rebellious sister during the social unrest of the early 1970s. Based upon an autobiographical novel by Erling Jepsen, the screenplay was written by Bo Hr. Hansen. In 2007, the film received both the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Danish Film, and The Nordic Council Film Prize.

Cast

Jannik Lorenzen ... Allan
Jesper Asholt ... Father
Hanne Hedelund ... Mother
Julie Kolbech ... Sanne (as Julie Kolbeck)
Thomas Knuth-Winterfeldt ... Asger
Rita Angela ... Grandmother
Gitte Siem ... Aunt Didde
Lene Tiemroth ... Psychiatrist
Bjarne Henriksen ... Budde
Sune Thomsen ... Per
Hans Henrik Voetmann ... Dr. Madsen
Laura Kamis Wrang ... Mrs. Budde
Camilla Metelmann

External links

The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Man Without a Past (2002) Manslaughter (2005) Zozo (2006) The Art of Crying (2007) You, the Living (2008) Antichrist (2009) Submarino (2010) Beyond (2011) Play (2012) The Hunt (2013) Of Horses and Men (2014) Virgin Mountain (2015) Louder Than Bombs (2016)

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

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