The Gentle Pain (2019)

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One can't help wondering whether, some quarter-century ago, Carsten Brandt had the slightest inkling of the epic dimension the project he was then starting to conceive – The Gentle Pain – would take on in the subsequent decades. For it became epic in just about every sense of the word: the film is very long; it tells a multi-layered story characterised as much by its digressions as by its main narrative thread, which concerns a filmmaker’s attempts to make sense of the life of Thorkild Hansen, a Danish traveller/historian/writer internationally probably best known for his non-fiction novel Processen mod Hamsun (1978); and it took a long time to finish – and then sat on a shelf due to legal battles galore. What is now finally revealed is a monument of modern(ist) cinema: a work that as much charts one man’s journey into his soul as a voyage of discovery into another artist’s mind.

Director: Carsten Brandt
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 280 min
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Production: Posthus Teatret
Country: Denmark
Language: العربية, English, Français, Italiano, svenska
Original Language: da
More Films by Director: Carsten Brandt
More Films in Genre: Drama

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Gentle Pain about?
One can't help wondering whether, some quarter-century ago, Carsten Brandt had the slightest inkling of the epic dimension the project he was then starting to conceive – The Gentle Pain – would take on in the subsequent decades. For it became epic in just about every sense of the word: the film is very long; it tells a multi-layered story characterised as much by its digressions as by its main narrative thread, which concerns a filmmaker’s attempts to make sense of the life of Thorkild Hansen, a Danish traveller/historian/writer internationally probably best known for his non-fiction novel Processen mod Hamsun (1978); and it took a long time to finish – and then sat on a shelf due to legal battles galore. What is now finally revealed is a monument of modern(ist) cinema: a work that as much charts one man’s journey into his soul as a voyage of discovery into another artist’s mind.
Who directed The Gentle Pain?
The Gentle Pain was directed by Carsten Brandt.
Who stars in The Gentle Pain?
The Gentle Pain stars Ewa Fröling, Caspar Phillipson, Laure Calamy, Kasper Leisner.
How long is The Gentle Pain?
The Gentle Pain has a runtime of 4h 40m (280 minutes).
What genre is The Gentle Pain?
The Gentle Pain is a Drama film.
Where was The Gentle Pain produced?
The Gentle Pain was produced in Denmark.