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Allegro (2005)

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Drawing inspiration from famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi classic Stalker, director/co-screenwriter Christoffer Boe's heady tale of love and memory follows an acclaimed Danish pianist as he sets out to a mysterious area known only as "The Zone" in hopes of reclaiming his memories and reconnecting with his past. Zetterstrom (Ulrich Thomsen) is a pianist who has sacrificed human emotion in order to achieve perfection. Though many years have passed since Zetterstrom left his

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Christoffer Boe

In Theaters: Jan 21, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Oct 9, 2007

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[Director] Boe's technique has more flash than passion.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

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In Allegro, the past is a shadowy night town whose geography is continually rearranging itself.

May 9, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

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Like its gifted, but emotionally frigid, pianist hero, Allegro is filled with technical virtuosity but short on real feeling.

May 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Leslie Felperin

Variety

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Writer-director Christoffer Boe takes himself very, very seriously. Me, not so much.

May 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Nathan Lee

Village Voice

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Part romance, part animation, part sci-fi thriller - Boe uses any and every tool he can get his hands on to tell this tale of emotional isolation and resolution.

July 27, 2009 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Boe continues to remap Copenhagen with this arthouse sci-fi trip into the outer regions of love, identity and oblivion.

June 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4

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Anton Bitel

Film4

Although the film, much like its protagonist and his piano playing, lacks a certain passion, its stylistic structure and execution are coolly flawless.

May 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Raven Snook

Time Out New York

Spare, elegant and tailor-made for intense discussions over dark coffee, Boe's film is a slily bold and delightfully inventive variation on an age-old theme.

May 9, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Sadly confused, but some beautiful touches give this a magical feel.

October 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Helen OHara

Empire Magazine

A slight, pretentious Danish sci-fi romance, notable mainly for the former supermodel Helena Christensen's acting debut.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Independent

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Robert Hanks

Independent

Had Tarkovsky ever felt the urge to shoot a perfume commercial, it would probably look a lot like Allegro, this super-stylish, pungently pretentious sci-fi romance from Danish director Christoffer Boe.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Xan Brooks

Guardian [UK]

Inventive, entertaining and pleasingly bold.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

It's a technically accomplished film, but one that lacks the sort of memorably poignant performances that Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet brought to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

September 5, 2006 Full Review Source: BBC

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Tom Dawson

BBC

[Director Christoffer] Boe offers us a vision of love as a beautiful thing that leaves destruction and pain in its wake.

June 12, 2006 Full Review Source: GreenCine

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Sean Axmaker

GreenCine

Though less ambiguous in its message than Reconstruction, Boe succeeds again in telling a captivating story about the emotions that connect us all.

March 27, 2006 Full Review Source: european-films.net

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

Ignoring any traditional storytelling boundaries, Allegro is an existential masterpiece from Denmark about the flaws of perfection and the consequences of allowing your memories to slip away into the unknown.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Michael Ferraro

Film Threat

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Although I'm not entirely pleased with the dogma-like direction the core of the story is intelligent, and as most sad things, very beautiful.

November 7, 2008

Pierluigi Puccini

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In "Allegro," it has been ten years since Andrea(Helena Christensen), the love of the live of Zetterstrom(Ulrich Thomsen), a concert pianist, walked out of his life. In the interim, a small section of his native Copenhagen has been sealed off behind an impenetrable force field in an area called the Zone which many

June 6, 2008