Film

Portland

1996 · 1h 43m · Crime · Drama

An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end

IMDb

5.8

The basic story of a young criminal not quite living up to his won ideals of "not to give a damn" sidesteps out of his criminal career while dragging his younger brother into it, could have been interesting. Unfortunately the implementation is simply not good enough. As so often with Danish movies, there is little appreciation for detail thus leaving us with hoodlums talking like they've done time at a business academy rather than a prison. Dialects completely out of here and idiosyncratic bikers without bikes or even character for that matter. An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end doesn't help to clear the slow pace of this film but it does give a glimpse of what the story could have unfolded to become.

Anders W. Berthelsen

Janus

Ulrich Thomsen

Lasse

Iben Hjejle

Eva

Helle Dolleris

Irene

Jens Albinus

Carsten

Birthe Neumann

The Mother

• Niels Arden OplevDirector
• Peter Aalbæk JensenProducer
• Ib TardiniProducer
• Henrik JongdahlDirector of Photography
• Henrik FleischerEditor
• Rikke MøllerCasting

Release date

April 19, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Danish

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Crime, Drama