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Just Another Love Story (2009)

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Consensus: An intense foreign language noir, Just Another Love Story uses some generic methods to tell its tale of mistaken identity but is sharply entertaining nonetheless.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jan 9, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: If the first order of business for any self-respecting film noir is a dead body with a story to tell, Ole Bornedal is quick to oblige. But rest assured that this twisted, visually energized genre... If the first order of business for any self-respecting film noir is a dead body with a story to tell, Ole Bornedal is quick to oblige. But rest assured that this twisted, visually energized genre bender has no further use for “custom,” and Just Another Love Story is anything but.

Jonas is a crime photographer, a family man, and a generally beleaguered resident of suburban malaise until he’s involved in a car accident that leaves a stranger, Julia, unconscious in the hospital. Curiosity compels Jonas to visit her, but when Julia’s family mistakes him for her boyfriend, Sebastian (whom they’ve never met), Jonas readily steps into the role. His pretense would be short lived, but Julia awakens with amnesia and, enlivened by the new identity he’s inherited, Jonas maintains the deception. Of course, memories return. And so do boyfriends.

Playing with flashbacks, employing a linearly fractured narrative, and freely manipulating noir’s standard devices and archetypes, Bornedal’s dexterity with genre conventions is on full display here. Constantly aware of what’s predictable, he heads in the opposite direction. Moreover, he latches onto a completely universal impulse--the desire to reinvent ourselves. But fatalism rules in noir, and the cruel irony--tailor made for that dead body--is that living a life that isn’t yours is a dangerous game, an illusory freedom. The truth always comes knocking at your door. --© Sundance Film Festival
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Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic

Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic, Ewa Froling, Bent Mejding, Rebecka Hemse

Director: Ole Bornedal

Director: Ole Bornedal
Producer: Michael Obel
Composer: Joachim Holbek
Studio: Koch Lorber Films

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  • Director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) returns to quicken the pulse of thriller fans with this genre-bending tale of a crime scene photographer and family man who is violently shaken out of his suburban malaise. After Jonas unintentionally causes a car accident that leaves Julia crippled with amnesia, he’s compelled to visit her in the hospital. But when Julia’s family mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, Jonas readily steps into the role. Jonas immediately falls for Julia and becomes enlivened by his new identity – until the day her memories return.
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