Just Another Love Story, Cinema Noir from Denmark Opens on SFFS Screen at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on February 20

Visceral Thriller About Mistaken Identity Is Shocking, Twisted and Wildly Enjoyable

January 16, 2009

San Francisco, CA – Just Another Love Story (Kaerlighed på film, Denmark 2007), which director Ole Bornedal calls “a seriously bloody drama about love,” will open on SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas on Friday, February 20, 2009.

A violent entertainment involving mistaken identities, adultery and Thai gangsters, Just Another Love Story is one of the most imaginative thrillers of recent years. It all begins with a terrible accident involving Jonas, an unfulfilled family man, and Maria, a young woman just returned from a vacation-turned-nightmare in Thailand. Citing the irresistible lure of beautiful women in voiceover, Jonas finagles his way into Maria’s hospital room, where she lies comatose, by saying he is her boyfriend whom she met overseas. Risking his marriage among other things, Jonas plunges into this new situation with a woman he barely knows, little realizing the dangerous mess he’s getting himself into. Employing flashbacks, flash-forwards and inventive camera tricks to propel the story and portray the shifting viewpoints of a variety of characters, writer/director Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Substitute) milks his over-the-top scenario for all it’s worth. Shocking, complex and brutal, Just Another Love Story offers some wonderfully tense moments, a passel of terrific performances and a resolution that is disturbing yet perfectly fitting for the mind-bending story that precedes it. Written by Ole Bornedal. Photographed by Dan Laustsen. With Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas. 100 min. In Danish with English subtitles. Distributed by Koch Lorber Films.

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Coming soon to SFFS Screen:

January 30: The Pope’s Toilet, a heartbreaking and deftly comical look at Uruguayan villagers preparing to make the most of a papal visit

February 6: Heart of Fire, the heart-stopping story of an outspoken young Eritrean girl caught up in the upheaval of war

February 13: Owl and the Sparrow, a charming story of three lonely strangers who form a unique family, embedded in a thoughtful portrait of contemporary Vietnam

February 27: Silent Light, a masterfully told story of love, family and adultery in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico

March 6: Examined Life, a lively and engaging documentary profile of eight contemporary philosophers

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The San Francisco Film Society is a nonprofit arts and education organization dedicated to celebrating film and the moving image. SFFS Screen, the innovative exhibition partnership with Sundance Cinemas, enables the Film Society to present its

acclaimed film programs and events at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas year-round on a daily basis.

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