Copenhagen-based gross sales outfit TrustNordisk has acquired worldwide rights to “Shadow & Light” from acclaimed Danish writer-director Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “We Shall Overcome,”“Flatliners”).
The drama, which simply began filming in Denmark, reunites Oplev with Esben Smed, the lead in his Isis kidnapping thriller “Daniel”, aka “Held for Ransom” when launched within the U.S. in 2021 by way of Samuel Goldwyn Movies.
Co-stars embrace Anders W. Berthelsen (“Daniel,” “DNA”, “We Shall Overcome”), Marie Bach Hansen (“Secrets We Keep”), Anne Louise Hassing (“The Hunt”), Morten Kirkskov (“Borgen”) and Jakob Oftebro (“Kon-Tiki”, “Vanguard”).
Billed as a “a dark and absurdly funny rumination on love and the meaning of life,” pic follows William who’s bought a secret, that he can’t share. On the identical day he learns about his incurable mind tumour, his greatest pal dies on his ultimate deployment to Afghanistan. It turns into unimaginable for William to inform his now heart-broken family and friends that he, too, will quickly want a funeral.
“We live in a time when death has become something we hide away,” Oplev stated in an announcement. “We talk about living longer, but rarely about what it means to die. With “Shadow & Light,” we look at what occurs when loss of life immediately can’t be saved at bay; when it bursts in like a loud issue and forces us to have a look at our lives with brutal readability. This movie is in regards to the second after we can now not postpone the reality, and after we should select how we need to dwell the time we now have left.”
Susan Wendt, TrustNordisk managing director, who brokered the U.S. take care of Samuel Goldwyn Movies on “Daniel,” stated: “We are very excited to be reunited with Niels Arden Oplev on this new project. Niels is a filmmaker with a strong international reputation and a remarkable ability to craft emotionally compelling stories. We look forward to following the film through production, and to introducing it to buyers and audiences around the world.”
“Shadow & Light” is being produced by Thomas Heinesen for Nordisk Film Production, with help from the Danish Movie Institute, Den Vestdanske Filmpulje, Hjørring Kommune, Nordisk Movie & TV Fond, TV2 Denmark and Nordisk Movie Distribution. The native premiere is ready for 2027.
In Cannes, TrustNordisk is dealing with the market screenings of the Sundance chosen “Frank & Louis” by Petra Volpe and the upcoming drama “Unraveled” by Pernille Fischer Christensen.
Anticipated titles just lately added to their slate soak up “My Fairytale Life” in regards to the iconic writer Hans Christian Andersen’s adolescence, to be directed by Nicolaj Arcel (“The Promised Land,” “A Royal Affair”) and “Mr. Nawashi” by Isabella Eklöf (“Holiday”), first of 5 pics which type a part of the Dogma 25 initiative. Each titles are produced by Zentropa.
