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Kinamand
''Kinamand'' ( en, Chinaman and ) is a 2005 Danish-Chinese comedy drama film that deals with the Chinese immigrant experience in Denmark and Marriage of convenience, marriages of convenience. Plot Keld, a plumber, is bored with his job and life. His wife, Rie, tries to interest him in a vacation or dance classes. When this last-ditch attempt fails, Rie, tired of Keld's apathy, divorces him and asks for DKK 50,000 (US $8,817). Keld continues on his downward spiral, ignoring his customers and closing his business indefinitely. He sells all of his and Rie's furniture and lives in the empty apartment. When his food runs out, he starts eating at a Chinese restaurant across the street every night. A pipe in the restaurant explodes and Keld agrees to fix it, in exchange for his meals. After about a month, the owner of the restaurant, Feng, offers Keld DKK 24,000 (US $4,000) to marry his sister, Ling, so that she can get a visa to Denmark. Keld initially refuses, but when faced with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Ruben Genz
Henrik Ruben Genz (born 7 November 1959 in Gram, Denmark) is a Danish film director. Before becoming involved with film, Genz attended Designskolen Kolding, where he studied graphic design,Hjort, Mette, Eva Jorholt, and Eva Novrup Redvall. ''The Danish Directors 2: Dialogues on the New Danish Fiction Cinema'', Intellect Books, 2010, p. 111. after giving up on an earlier dream of being a painter. While there, he did some work with video, and a chance meeting with director Arne Bro encouraged him to pursue film as a career.Hjort, Jorholt, and Redvall, p. 113 Genz was then accepted into the National Film School of Denmark at the age of 31, graduating after completing the well-regarded short film '' Cross Roads'' (Danish title: Omveje, ''Detours'') in 1995. Genz's next work, the short film '' Theis and Nico'' (Danish title: Bror, min bror, ''Brother, my brother''), released in 1999, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He then became involved with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |