We are
excited to announce that the upcoming Danish disturbing drama RESIN, a
co-production between Adomeit Film and Zentropa, has been officially selected
for Contemporary World Cinema at this year´s Toronto
International Film Festival (5-15 September 2019), where the feature will
also
have its world premiere.
With the new drama RESIN, about a family who has escaped the confinements
of modern society to live in symbiosis with nature, critically acclaimed
director
Daniel Borgman (LOVING PIA, 2017; THE WEIGHT OF ELEPHANTS, 2013) takes the
audience on a frightful adventure where it slowly becomes clear that nature
is not the only reason why the family has chosen to live in isolation from
society.
RESIN is
based on the Danish psychological thriller novel of the same name authored by
Ane
Riel, which was published in 2015 and received high appraisals among critics.
The book became an immediate success. In 2016, it was awarded a prestigious
Nordic award for Best Thriller Novel and has since been sold to 18 other
countries, including Germany, England, Japan, South
Korea, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
With Borgman´s screen adaption of the book, RESIN has been predicted to
become his strongest feature film to date. A prediction profoundly supported
by the
film being newly announced in the selection for Contemporary World Cinema at
Toronto International Film Festival. Managing
Director of TrustNordisk, Susan Wendt, comments:
‘We are proud
to have RESIN premiere in Toronto, which we find to be the perfect platform
for
this unique and poetic nightmare tale. We look very much forward to working
with this film.´
RESIN
includes a Scandinavian star-studded cast, including Peter Plaugborg (KURSK,
2018;
WINTER BROTHERS, 2017; DEPARTMENT Q: THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, 2013), BAFTA
TV Award-winning Sofie Gråbøl
(THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, 2018; THAT TIME OF YEAR, 2018; THE KILLING,
2012),
young aspiring talent Vivelill Søgaard Holm, highly acclaimed actress within
the Danish film arena, Ghita Nørby (BEFORE THE FROST, 2018; SILENT HEART,
2014) and Amanda Collin (A HORRIBLE WOMAN, 2017;
DEPARTMENT Q: A CONSPIRACY OF FAITH, 2016) who is cast as one of the lead
roles in the upcoming Ridley Scott series RAISED BY
WOLVES.
One of the key topics in RESIN is the soulfulness
of nature,
which was found in the stunningly beautiful landscape in Faaborg-Midtfyn
commune, where the film is shot with support from Film Fyn.
Synopsis:
Liv, 13, lives deep in
the forest with her simple-minded father Jens and her obese, bedridden mother
Maria.
Sheltered from the outside world they survive on what they can find in
nature.
Here, even the smallest things have a soul, and the greatest meaning can be
found
in the journey of an ant into the sap of tree roots. What Liv doesn´t know,
is,
that her parents have a dark secret; they have made the outside world believe
that she is dead in an attempt to escape society´s norms and demands.
Liv´s
curiosity however propels her to venture into the world, and suddenly, their
silent life is threatened by increasing interference from the
outside.
The film is produced by Katja Adomeit for
Adomeit Film and Peter Aalbæk Jensen for Zentropa Productions2 with Louise
Vesth as executive producer. Financial support from the Danish Film
Institute, FilmFyn and TV
2. Nordic distribution to be handled by Nordisk Film Distribution.
International sales handled by TrustNordisk.
The film will be released in local
cinemas December 25th 2019.