{"id":2021,"date":"2021-04-30T21:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2021-04-30T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:15:04","slug":"cheers-to-the-danish-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2021\/04\/30\/cheers-to-the-danish-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheers to the Danish Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Picture by mohamed Hassan<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a>; no copyright.)<\/p><\/div>\n

And the Oscar goes to\u2026 For Danes, denne uges store overraskelse<\/strong> (this week\u2019s big surprise) certainly was Oscar-prisen<\/strong> (the Oscar prize) awarded to the Danish film Druk <\/strong>[drawk]. Even though many people had guessed filmen<\/strong> (the film) would win the prize for bedste internationale film<\/strong>, it still felt surreal watching filminstrukt\u00f8ren<\/strong> (the director) Thomas Vinterberg happily lifting den gyldne statuette<\/strong> (the golden figurine).<\/p>\n

I recall watching the movie i biografen<\/strong> (in the cinema) with a friend when the lockdown was temporarily lifted in my city last autumn. Det var en stor oplevelse<\/strong> (it was a great experience), and we kept discussing the film l\u00e6nge bagefter<\/strong> (long afterwards) \u2013 over en \u00f8l<\/strong> (over a beer)!<\/p>\n

Yes, the film is very much about alkohol<\/strong>, and you\u2019ll hear Danes\u2019 favourite word sk\u00e5\u00e5\u00e5l<\/a>!<\/strong> [skawl] quite a few times! \ud83d\ude42 The title Druk<\/strong> loosely translates as \u201ddrunkenness\u201d and is in fact historically identical to the English word drunk<\/em>. (If you\u2019ve got an eye for language history, you’ve probably already spotted a similar relationship between Danish tak<\/strong> and English thank<\/em>. That\u2019s right \u2013 long before the Viking age, speakers of pre-Danish would sometimes simplify -nk<\/em> to -k<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Well, the English-speaking world knows the film by the name Another Round<\/em>, which does make sense, I guess. It certainly helped boost the film\u2019s international appeal that the main character is played by Mads Mikkelsen<\/strong>, Denmark\u2019s biggest name in Hollywood. (And the rest of Scandinavia is pulled into the film by the protagonist\u2019s wife, played by the famous Swedish-Norwegian actress Maria Bonnevie<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Without spoiling more than you might already know from being an active Internet user, I can tell you the film starts with the question: What would happen if people were constantly a little bit drunk in their everyday lives? Four male gymnasiel\u00e6rere<\/strong> (teachers at an upper secondary school), who are really bored with their lives, decide to give it a try\u2026<\/p>\n

Of course, the film would never have won an Oscar if you just saw Mikkelsen and his venner<\/strong> (friends) acting drunk. The film gets quite profound after a while and touches themes such as venskab, d\u00f8d, k\u00e6rlighed<\/strong> (friendship, death, love). And it is very, very Danish (\u00f8l<\/strong><\/a> and community singing<\/a>, anyone?) If this is too much for you, you can of course always focus on the subtitles and see how much of the Danish dialogue you get \u201dby ear\u201d. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

And the Oscar goes to\u2026 For Danes, denne uges store overraskelse (this week\u2019s big surprise) certainly was Oscar-prisen (the Oscar prize) awarded to the Danish film Druk [drawk]. Even though many people had guessed filmen (the film) would win the prize for bedste internationale film, it still felt surreal watching filminstrukt\u00f8ren (the director) Thomas Vinterberg…<\/p>\n

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