Flame & CitronRated 18 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Violence) ~ Runs 130 minutes
Dir.: Ole Christian Madsen, Denmark, 2007
Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stin Stengade, Christian Berkel
In Danish, English, and German with English subtitles
“A dark, densely plotted account of two of the most famous resistance fighters in wartime Denmark. In 1944 Flame is an intense, eager young man determined to rid his country of its Nazi occupiers and anyone who collaborates with them. Citron is his driver, a weary, wary figure who shares Flame’s hatred of the Nazis but lacks his appetite for killing. The two men take their orders from police lawyer Askel Winther, but the film is determined to paint a complex world that challenges the very notion of patriotic duty. Motives are murky, assassinations are messy and everyone has a hidden agenda, especially mystery woman Ketty, who seems to be playing everyone for her advantage. There is nothing straightforward about killing people for the greater good of your country and every drop of blood leaves a legacy of guilt... Blending in newsreel footage of the period, this is a sprawling but thoroughly absorbing saga” - Henry Fitzherbert, The Daily Express