Terribly Happy
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| Directed by | Henrik Ruben Genz |
| Produced by | Tina Dalhoff Thomas Gammeltoft |
| Written by | Henrik Ruben Genz (screenplay) Dunja Gry Jensen (screenplay) Erling Jepsen (novel) |
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Jakob Cedergren Lene Maria Christensen |
| Music by | Kaare Bjerkø |
| Cinematography | Jørgen Johansson |
| Edited by | Kasper Leick |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Box office | $165,000 |
Terribly Happy (Danish: Frygtelig lykkelig) is a 2008 Danish film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, based on Erling Jepsen's novel of the same name from 2004.
Robert (Jakob Cedergren) -- a Copenhagen city policeman -- is sent for therapy, and then is assigned to a small town in South Jutland. Robert is reassigned to a sleepy town in rural Denmark, and struggles to maintain order in his new jurisdiction, a lawless place where the only rules are those dictated -- and enforced -- by local thug and serial wife-beater Jorgen (Kim Bodnia). As the indifferent townspeople dismiss Robert's attempts at police work, he nurses a fixation with Jorgen's spouse, Ingerlise (Lene Maria Christensen).
This film has been compared, in concept, to two films by the Coen brothers: Blood Simple (1985) and No Country for Old Men (2007).
The film received strong reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes shows that 89% of 46 critics (all but one of the top 16 critics) gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.3 out of 10, concluding that "this knotty Danish noir thriller steers audiences into some nicely unexpected territory."Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics, gives a rating score of 74 based on 18 reviews.
The film was first shown at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in July 2008, in the Czech Republic, where it won the Crystal Globe (Grand Prize).
Terribly Happy won several Robert Awards in 2009, including Best Danish Film, Best Director, Best Female Lead, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematographer.
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