Offscreen

A fierce and uncomfortable film, which far exceeds the boundaries of the real-life genre. Almost all the actors play themselves and especially Nicholas Bro delivers an incredible performance in the role of his alter ego. In the barely nineteen years of his acting career, he has more than 70 films to his name and knows how to portray all his characters, however diverse, with credibility and conviction. He succeeds in doing so again here and just like the main character, the viewer has difficulty distinguishing reality from fiction. The smart direction and restless images also contribute to this. Filming is done almost continuously by hand, often without artificial light in the semi-darkness, creating a gritty and clunky home-movie-like atmosphere. Not a Dogma film by all the rules, but it does have all the elements of it. Lars von Trier would be proud of it. Certainly not a movie for a nice evening in front of the TV with chips and children. Yet another one of those disturbing masterpieces from Scandinavian cinema. The poster on the left suggests something comedy-like, but nothing could be further from the truth!

As a rating an 8!

NB: Don't be fooled by the title: thank goodness this film has nothing to do with the Dutch dragon 'Off Screen' from a year earlier.