I Feel The Weight of “The Weight”
The Weight is highly recommended, will transport you back to its Great Depression-era setting and will have you rooting for the protagonist harder than most films this year
Turn Right by the Yellow Dog
A fair point, considering the father happens to be dead! Philip is a successful architect with little or no time for his 16-year-old son. When his own father dies, Philip suddenly realises the pain of having been abandoned years ago. Enter Karl, a charming old rogue who claims to have been a close friend of Philip's dad. Philip invites Karl to stay at his house, where Karl quickly becomes a surrogate father-figure for both Philip and his son. But just as Philip's mind starts to open, the truth about Karl threatens to emerge, and soon both men are in for big surprises in this heartwarming, bittersweet comedy about a man's struggle to make peace with his dead father.
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A fair point, considering the father happens to be dead! Philip is a successful architect with little or no time for his 16-year-old son. When his own father dies, Philip suddenly realises the pain of having been abandoned years ago. Enter Karl, a charming old rogue who claims to have been a close friend of Philip's dad. Philip invites Karl to stay at his house, where Karl quickly becomes a surrogate father-figure for both Philip and his son. But just as Philip's mind starts to open, the truth about Karl threatens to emerge, and soon both men are in for big surprises in this heartwarming, bittersweet comedy about a man's struggle to make peace with his dead father.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama, Family
Written By:John Bernstein, Dana Van Nest Kelly, Peter Ringgaard
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Runtime:86 minutes
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Cast
Peter Ringgaard
Director
Peter Gantzler
Philip Hoffmann
Jesper Klein
Karl Bolt
Trine Appel
Karin Jespersen
Judy Gringer
Lotte Nymann
Kaspartin Lønnberg
David Hoffmann
Jytte Kvinesdal
Dorthe Mogensen
Jørgen Kiil
Oliver Jensen
Thomas Levin
Omar Yulmez
Teis Bayer
Henrik Hartigsohn
Michelle Bjørn-Andersen
Edda Högel
Mogens Parning
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