''Daisy Diamond'' is a 2007 Danish film starring
Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (; ; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress.Karen Olsson, ''The New York Times Magazine'', 27 May 2012, p. 26. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the ''Mil ...
, directed by
Simon Staho
Danish film director Simon Staho (born 1972) has worked with a number of renowned Swedish actors, including Mikael Persbrandt, Noomi Rapace, Pernilla August and Erland Josephson.
Staho’s first feature film ''Vildspor/Wildside (1998)'' was shot ...
and co-written by him and .
Plot
Dark and tragic, the story revolves around teenager Anna, a girl from a wealthy family, who is also fiercely ambitious and dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. One day, Anna decides to pack her bags and leave, without telling her mother or father. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. However, when she gets to the city, fate has something else in store for her. Anna discovers she will soon become a mother. Later, after giving birth to baby girl, she tries to chase after her dream, once again. Undoubtedly talented, she has one problem – being the single mother of a now 4-month-old baby. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good start in life, she ultimately fails to unite her dream of acting with a safe and loving environment for her child. Having to take her baby with her to auditions, the child's crying results in Anna not getting a part. Torn between her duties as a mother, and her passion for acting and the need to earn money, Anna is driven to the limits of her patience - with tragic consequences: she drowns her baby in a bathtub. What follows is a downward spiral: she begins working as a prostitute, and under the stage name 'Daisy Diamond', she acts in porn movies. In the end, she finally lands a role, and as part of that role, she plunges into a bathtub.
Cast
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Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (; ; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress.Karen Olsson, ''The New York Times Magazine'', 27 May 2012, p. 26. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the ''Mil ...
as Anna
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Thure Lindhardt
Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998.
Life and career
Lindhardt was born in Copenhagen, and grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille Augu ...
as Casting actor
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Benedikte Hansen
Benedikte Hansen (born 24 September 1958) is a Danish actress, best known to international audiences for her role as Hanne Holm in the television series ''Borgen''.
Hansen is the daughter of Dr Flemming Hansen (died 2003) and his wife Aase Riegels ...
as Instructor 1
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Morten Kirkskov
Morten Kirkskov (born 28 March 1963, in Sønder Omme) is a Danish actor, theatre director and writer. He was appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Playhouse for the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in 2015.
Career
Morten Kirkskov g ...
as Instructor's assistant 1
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Trine Dyrholm
Trine Dyrholm (; born 15 April 1972) is a Danish actress, singer and songwriter. Dyrholm received national recognition when she placed third in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as a 14-year-old singer. Four years later, she again achieved national r ...
as Eva
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Dejan Čukić
Dejan Čukić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Чукић; born 25 November 1966) is a Serbs of Montenegro, Serbian-Denmark, Danish actor. He appeared in the Kurt Wallander, Wallander TV film series as Lars in ''The Ghost'', based on the novel by Henning Ma ...
as Bettina
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Sofie Gråbøl
Sofie Gråbøl (; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film '' Early Spring'', directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in the film version of T ...
as Actress
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Christian Tafdrup
Christian Tafdrup (born 8 April 1978) is a Danish actor, film director, and screenwriter. As a director, he is best known for his directorial debut ''Parents'' (2016) that won the 2017 Robert Award for Best Director, as well as his critically acc ...
as Thomas Lund
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David Dencik
Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The G ...
as Jens
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Jens Albinus
Jens Albinus (born 3 January 1965 in Bogense) is a Danish actor and director.''Usikker på indersiden. Interview: Jens Albinus'' Jyllands-Posten, 16 December 2005, Must, Side 28
Selected filmography
* ''Anton'' (1996) – as Lærer, a teacher
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as Kunde
* as Actor in a porno film (uncredited)
* as Instructor 2
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Lærke Winther Andersen
Lærke Winther Andersen (born 23 September 1975) is a Danish actress, best known for her role in '' Shake It All About'' (2001) and her recurring role in ''Those Who Kill
''Those Who Kill'' ( da, Den som dræber) is a Danish crime TV series fr ...
as Instructor 3
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Amelie Thomesen as Daisy
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Sofie Pedersen Munkholm
Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to:
*Sophia (wisdom)
*Sophia (Gnosticism)
* Sophia (given name)
Places
* Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu
* Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana
* Sophia, North Carolina, an uninco ...
as Daisy
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ''
Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'' said that "
e first five minutes of ''Daisy Diamond'' feature a smack injection and a rape,
fter which things only get bleaker".
Despite a negative review from ''Variety'', the film was selected for the main competition at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in th ...
and Rapace won acclaim for her portrayal of troubled teen mother Anna. According to the same publication, "Rapace delivers a superbly committed performance in a demanding role, the actress having to expose herself physically and emotionally".
She won the two top film awards in Denmark (the Bodil and Robert prize) for Best Actress for her role in the film.
Trine Dyrholm was also nominated for both the Bodil and Robert awards for her supporting role as Eva.
The film did receive criticism for the supposed abuse occurring to a baby actor during production.
References
External links
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2007 films
2007 drama films
Danish drama films
2000s Danish-language films
Filicide in fictionbr>
Miss Daisy Diamond
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