Abepigerne
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Et markant og udfordrende ungdomsdrama om stærke følelser instrueret af Lise Aschan som er uddannet på Den Danske Filmskole og instruktørassistent på bl.a. to afsnit af tv-serien ”Forbrydelsen”.
Når Emma møder Cassandra opstår der et øjeblikkeligt venskab, hvis styrke kommer til at stå last og brast med de fysiske og psykiske udfordringer, der følger med, når man er teenager i et lillebysamfund. Ingen forstår én, men alt har sin pris og det mindste fejltrin kan få store konsekvenser. Emma gør, hvad der skal til for at være på toppen, men …
ABEPIGERNE vandt Krystalbjørnen, special mention, på Berlin Film Festival i Generation 14plus
Special mention from the jury at the Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival):
... A film that is confusing and disturbing, chilling and startling, it triggers an avalanche of thoughts and questions…
---From the jury’s statement
På den prestigefyldte Göteborg International Film Festival vandt filmen ”Dragon Award” og FIRPRESCI Award (kritikerprisen) for Bedste Nordiske Film.
Juryen gav i forbindelse med prisen denne motivation for belønningen:
“This was a film we loved unconditionally. It stayed with us all the time, and finally we felt that we must give this award to support a new, very special talent.”
---From the jury’s statement
The FIPRESCI Critics Award at GIFF
... Beautifully crafted, She Monkeys has a rhythm as spellbinding as the sound of horses’ hooves that punctuates the film. Lisa Aschan plays quietly with the codes of thriller, western and a very delicate eroticism. She preserved elements of mystery which gives us only one desire: to see her make a new movie.
---From the jury’s statement
Blandt verdens førende tidsskifter skriver Variety bl.a.:
Delivering one of the most intense and complex feature debuts to come from Sweden since Lukas Moodyson’s “Show Me Love/Fucking Åmål” helmer Lisa Aschan thrillingly subverts the coming-of-age genre, political correctness, gender roles and (without ever becoming graphic) just about everything to do with the depiction of developing sexuality in the taboo-breaking “She Monkeys/Abepigerne”.
---Alissa Simon, Variety
Instruktøren om sin film:
She Monkeys plays with rules that surround human behavior. I want to explore society’s contradictions by allowing young women to perform brutal actions. To show these taboos in contrast to the innocent and what seems to be naïve. The story’s focus is a power play between two teenage girls and the world around them. They’re in constant competition. They go back and forth between controlling and being controlled. I want to portray duplicity and uncertainty. To depict people who can be seen as individuals, but also as a part of a larger structure.
Lisa Aschan
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