''Nedtur'' (literally 'Downturn', released in English as ''If Music Be the Food of Love'') is a Norwegian feature film from 1980 directed by Hans Lindgren. The film is about the life of a musician and his friends. They struggle with both relationships and marriage, and they often party together. There will be a downturn.

Plot

Nils (played by

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) is a self-absorbed young jazz musician that expresses himself through music. Christian ( Helge Jordal) is Nils` friend and works as a photographer for a weekly magazine. To make extra money, he also takes nude photos. Christian is struggling in his marriage with Kari ( Frøydis Armand). Nils and Christian like to party together and drink a lot. One day, Nils' meets the drug addict Elin ( Sigrid Huun), and the two become lovers. However, the relationship becomes difficult and they quarrel a lot. When Nils goes on tour one day, he breaks up with Elin. She breaks down and starts using drugs again. Christian, on the other hand, is thrown out of his home and it dawns on him what kind of life he has led. He ends up having a nervous breakdown.

Reception

The newspaper ''

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'' gave the film a " die throw" of 3, and ''

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'' gave it a "die throw" of 4.

Cast

as Nils, a musician * Sigrid Huun as Elin * Helge Jordal as Christian * Frøydis Armand as Kari * Per Blom as a young drug addict * Anne Marie Ottersen as a girl in the studio * Kerry-Lou Baylis as the pornographic model * Arne Berg as the fat man * Øivind Blunckas the middle-aged man *

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as the debt collector * Per Hagerup as the drunk man *

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as the homeless man * Anne Marit Jacobsen as a girl in the studio * Eyolf Soot Kløvig as the journalist * Lars Andreas Larssen as the editor * Unni Løwe as Kim * William Nyrén as Åge * Gunhild Pedersen as the unknown girl * Christin Smit as the secretary * Egil Storeide as the journalist * Kari Torbjørnsen as the photo model

References

External links

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''Nedtur''
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