Reconstruction is a psychological

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film and the debut of Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mogens Rukov. It was filmed in

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and won the Camera D’Or at the

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in 2003

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for

Manuel Alberto Claro Manuel Alberto Claro (born 3 April 1970) is a Chilean-Danish cinematographer, filmmaker, and still photographer. He has won numerous accolades, including two Robert Awards, a Bodil Award, and a European Film Award. Life and career Manuel Alb ...

's luminous wide-screen cinematography.

Plot

The central character is Alex (

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

), a

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photographer with a Stockholm-bred girlfriend, Simone ( Maria Bonnevie). Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee, played also by Maria Bonnevie. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return. “It’s all a film. It’s all a construction,” announces the narrator, who is soon revealed to be a noted Swedish author, August (

Krister Henriksson Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell. Early life Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Nor ...

), as well as the tale’s apparent inventor.

Shooting

The film was shot almost entirely in available light. The crew shot Super 16 on an Arri SR3 using three different stocks. Then the film was scanned, color-graded, and digitally masked to

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. The scan was a simple one-light, and the team did no color correction, the opposite of today's trend to perform a digital intermediate. They also pushed the emulsion for extra grain.

Cast

*''Alex David'' --

*''Simone'', ''Aimee'' -- Maria Bonnevie *''Leo Sand'' -- Nicolas Bro *''Monica'' --

Ida Dwinger Ida Dwinger (born 6 March 1957) is a Danish actress. She graduated from Odense Theater School in 1984. Filmography Movies * '' Open Hearts'' aka Dogme #28 (2002) * '' Facing the Truth'' (2002) * '' Reconstruction'' (2003) * '' Princess' ...

*''Nan Sand'' -- Helle Fagralid *''Journalist'' -- Isabella Miehe-Renard *''Fru Banum (Mrs. Banum)'' -- Malene Schwartz *''Mel David'' -- Peter Steen *''Tryllekunstner'' -- Klaus Mulbjerg *''August Holm'' --

*''Mercedes Sand'' -- Mercedes Claro Schelin *''Waiter'' -- Jens Blegaa *''Bartender'' -- Katrin Muth *''Bartender'' --

David Dencik Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The ...

Soundtrack

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- "

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" *

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- " Night & Day" * Charles Paul Wilp - "Madison Avenue Perfume Ad" * Schubert - Piano Sonata in B flat major, D960 (II. Andante sostenuto)

References

External links

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"The Reality of Feelings" by Claus Christensen"A Man and a Women" by Mark Jenkins
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