THE LAND OF SHORT SENTENCES

By Hella Joof

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Title: THE LAND OF SHORT SENTENCES
Original title: Meter i sekundet
Director: Hella Joof
Cast: Sofie Torp, Thomas Hwan, Anders Agger, Lotte Andersen, Maria Rossing, Christian Tafdrup
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 106 min
Language: Danish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Jenny Lund Madsen, Ida Maria Rydén
Cinematographer: Kim Høgh
Editor: Cathrine Ambus
Production Company: Nordisk Film Production A/S
Producers: Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen, Camilla Hammerich
Production year: 2023
Executive producers: Henrik Zein
Budget EUR: 3.2M
Local release: 02-02-2023
Film status: Completed

Maries life gets turned upside down when the love of her life, Rasmus, takes on a teaching job at a local school in West Jutland, Denmark. Rather unwillingly, Marie joins Rasmus in moving their roots from Copenhagen to the windy town, Velling. While Rasmus is an immediate match to the local ways, it becomes a culture chock for Marie, who time and time again proves herself a misfit to the locals. However, as she gradually learns to listen more and talk less, she realizes that she might need Velling as much as Velling needs her – and her advice column for the local newspaper.

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