Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Kira's Reason - A Love Story (Danish: En Kærlighedshistorie) is a 2001 Danish drama directed by Ole Christian Madsen and written by Madsen and Mogens Rukov. The film stars Stine Stengade in a character study of a young mother who, released after two years a psychiatric ward, struggles to hold her marriage, family and life intact. Filmed using the minimalist techniques of the Dogme 95 movement, Kira's Reason is also known as Dogme #21. Kira's Reason won both the Bodil and Robert Awards as the Best Danish Film of 2001. For her leading performance, Stengade received the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Actress.
| Kira's Reason - A love story | |
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 Front cover of the DVD | |
| Directed by | Ole Christian Madsen |
| Produced by | Bo Ehrhardt Morten Kaufmann |
| Written by | Ole Christian Madsen Mogens Rukov |
| Starring | Stine Stengade Lars Mikkelsen |
| Music by | Øyvind Ougard Cesar Berti |
| Cinematography | Jørgen Johanssen |
| Edited by | Søren B. Ebbe |
| Distributed by | Nimbus Film |
Release date | 26 October 2001 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Stine Stengade | Kira |
| Lars Mikkelsen | Mads |
| Sven Wollter | Kira's Father |
| Peaches Latrice Petersen | Kay |
| Camilla Bendix | Charlotte |
| Lotte Bergstrøm | Michelle |
| Thomas W. Gabrielsson | Gustav |
| Ronnie Lorenzen | Mikkel (as Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen) |
| Oliver Appelt Nielsen | Julius |
| Klaus Pagh | Mads' Boss |
| Claus Strandberg | 1st Supplier |
| Henrik Birch | 2nd Supplier |
| Michael Hasselflug | 3rd Supplier |
| Helle Merete Sørensen | Wife of 1st Supplier |
| Nicolas Bro | John |
External links
- En Kærlighedshistorie at IMDb
- En Kærlighedshistorie at Den Danske Film Database
- En Kærlighedshistorie at Det Danske Filminstitut (in Danish)
- Kira's reason - a love story at AllMovie
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