Kira's Reason: A Love Story

Summary

Kira's Reason: A Love Story (Danish: En Kærlighedshistorie, lit.'a love story') is a 2001 Danish drama directed by Ole Christian Madsen and written by Madsen and Mogens Rukov. The film stars Stine Stengade in a character study of a young mother who, released after two years in a psychiatric ward, struggles to hold her marriage, family and life intact. Filmed using the minimalist techniques of the Dogme 95 movement, Kira's Reason is also known as Dogme No. 21. Kira's Reason won both the Bodil and Robert Awards as the Best Danish Film of 2001. For her leading performance, Stengade received the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Actress.[1]

Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Front cover of the DVD
Directed byOle Christian Madsen
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJørgen Johanssen
Edited bySøren B. Ebbe
Music by
  • Øyvind Ougard
  • Cesar Berti
Distributed byNimbus Film
Release date
26 October 2001
Running time
93 min.
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Cast edit

Actor Role
Stine Stengade Kira
Lars Mikkelsen Mads
Sven Wollter Kira's Father
Peaches Latrice Petersen Kay
Camilla Bendix [af; da; fr; nl; sv] Charlotte
Lotte Bergstrøm [af; da] Michelle
Thomas W. Gabrielsson Gustav
Ronnie Lorenzen [af; da] Mikkel (as Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen)
Oliver Appelt Nielsen Julius
Klaus Pagh Mads' Boss
Claus Strandberg [da; sv] 1st Supplier
Henrik Birch 2nd Supplier
Michael Hasselflug [af; da] 3rd Supplier
Helle Merete Sørensen [da] Wife of 1st Supplier
Nicolas Bro John

References edit

  1. ^ Piil, Morten (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2. OCLC 474736058. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links edit

  • En Kærlighedshistorie at IMDb
  • Kira's reason – a love story at AllMovie
  • Kira's Reason: A Love Story in the Danish Film Database
  • Kira's Reason: A Love Story in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)