''AFR'' (abbreviation for Anders Fogh Rasmussen) is a

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mockumentary released in 2007, directed by

filmmaker Morten Hartz Kaplers, who also appears in the film. AFR was produced by the

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-producer Meta Louise Foldager.

Content

The film uses archival footage, actors, and computer effects to portray an assassination of the

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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and even before the release received substantial criticism from those who believed the subject was exploitive and in bad taste, and is therefore very similar to the controversial British mockumentary '' Death of a President'' which portrays the fictional assassination of the 43rd President of the United States,

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. The faux documentary broadcast surrounds the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his secret homosexual lover, Emil (Morten Hartz Kaplers) until the Prime Minister is assassinated. Among the real archival footage there was a clip of Pia Kjærsgaard, who says, " ..g så var han jo bøsse, det var kendt for enhver" ''("and he was also gay; everybody knew that")''. Pia Kjærsgaard has dissociated herself from the use of the clip which origins from a statement to the assassination of the homosexual Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002. Pia K.: Jeg misbruges i Fogh-film Several other politicians and leaders appear in the film as well.

Release and reception

The mockumentary was presented at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam in January 2007, where it won the Tiger Award, as well as 10,000 euro and the rights for it to be broadcast on national television. AFR was released in Danish cinemas on 20 April 2007.

References

External links

Review of the mockumentary at the Rotterdam Film Festival's web site

Fogh myrdet i ny satirisk film, Politiken, 2. februar 2007
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