Although Kapgang has lots of sweet and loving moments, I found it mainly a painful and confronting drama. And a good one, in the tradition of the Scandinavian coming of age films of the 70's.
Having lost my father at young age in the 70's, I can imagine the way Martin deals with his grief. On one hand very mature, because you don't (want to) understand what happened. On the other hand - at the grave of his mother - an explosion of pain as he realizes that she is not coming back. Main actor Villads Boye and director Niels Arden Oplev make it realistic and confronting. His father is broken, he sleeps in the basement and f**** with the hairdresser His brother is broken too, he wears his mom's sunglasses and is raged when Martin burned their mothers clothes. Martin acts as the adult of the family.
The coming of age part surprised me. There is sexual tension between Martin and Kristine, but even more between Martin and his friend Kim. The menage a trois seems to develop in a happy way for Martin, but in the end it feels that he is the looser. Kim and Kristine make love on Martins confirmation party, he becomes just speed walking champion. But he has to move on...
The combination of love and death, both with it's embarrassing moments makes Kapgang a special movie worthwhile seeing.
Having lost my father at young age in the 70's, I can imagine the way Martin deals with his grief. On one hand very mature, because you don't (want to) understand what happened. On the other hand - at the grave of his mother - an explosion of pain as he realizes that she is not coming back. Main actor Villads Boye and director Niels Arden Oplev make it realistic and confronting. His father is broken, he sleeps in the basement and f**** with the hairdresser His brother is broken too, he wears his mom's sunglasses and is raged when Martin burned their mothers clothes. Martin acts as the adult of the family.
The coming of age part surprised me. There is sexual tension between Martin and Kristine, but even more between Martin and his friend Kim. The menage a trois seems to develop in a happy way for Martin, but in the end it feels that he is the looser. Kim and Kristine make love on Martins confirmation party, he becomes just speed walking champion. But he has to move on...
The combination of love and death, both with it's embarrassing moments makes Kapgang a special movie worthwhile seeing.