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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1990 - 28 July.5 August

Sections & Films

DANCE OF THE POLAR BEARS

Category: Edition 1990

Synopsis
At age 12, Lasse is a tough guy and a bright one. His life is changed when his mother, pregnant at the time, abandons his beloved father. She takes Lasse with her to live with her new paramour, a dentist as authoritarian as Lasse’s Elvis Presley-fan butcher dad was easy-going. The dentist has a daughter, too, and she is a jealous schemer. Lasse tries hard to conform, but can a tiger change its stripes?

Original Title Lad isbjørnene danse
Italian Title La danza degli Orsi Polari
Category Official Competition
Section Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 90'
Production Year 1990
Nationality Denmark
Directed by Birger Larsen
Screenplay Birger Larsen, Jonas Cornell
Music Frans Bak
Main cast Anders Schoubye, Tommy Kenter, Birthe Neumann

 regista Birger LarsenBIRGER LARSEN

Birger Larsen (22 December 1961) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film for his 1990 film Dance of the Polar Bears (Danish: Lad isbjørnene danse).