Directed by:
Anders Thomas JensenScreenplay:
Anders Thomas JensenCinematography:
Sebastian BlenkovComposer:
Jeppe KaasCast:
Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen, Ali Kazim, Ole Thestrup, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Gyrd Løfquist, Lars Ranthe, Peter Reichhardt (more)Plots(1)
Sentenced to community service at a small, countryside church, Adam, a middle-aged neo-Nazi, is warmly welcomed by the cheerful vicar, Ivan. Although Adam is crude, full of hostility, and clearly beyond redemption, Ivan encourages him to choose a goal that will occupy his time there. When Adam dismissively replies that he will bake an apple pie, Ivan assigns him the task of nurturing the church's lone apple tree. If by the time this unassuming tree has been attacked by crows, infested with maggots, and struck by lighting, you are not reasonably certain it has become the battleground for a fiercely irreverent struggle between good and evil, then you have not had the pleasure of meeting an Anders Thomas Jensen film. (AZ Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2006 - Anders Thomas Jensen (Audience Award for Best Film)
- 2005 - Anders Thomas Jensen (Best Screenwriter)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2006 - Anders Thomas Jensen, Mie Andreasen, Tivi Magnusson (Best Danish Film)
- 2006 - Anders Thomas Jensen (Best Screenplay)
- 2006 - Hummer Højmark, Lars Kolding Andersen, Peter Hjorth (Best Special Effects)
- 2006 - Anders Thomas Jensen (Best Director)
- 2006 - Ulrich Thomsen (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2006 - Mads Mikkelsen (Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2006 - Louise Hauberg Lohmann (Best Make-Up)
Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2005 - Anders Thomas Jensen (Audience Award - Feature)