In this Film Ireland podcast, in partnership with access>CINEMA, Gemma Creagh talks with Niels Arden Oplev, Writer/Director of Rose, which is currently screening throughout Ireland. She also catches up with access>CINEMA Special Projects Officer Stephen McNeice about their fantastic Autumn programme.
Set in the late ’90s, Ellen and her new husband Van decide to take Ellen’s older sister Inger on a bus trip to Paris where Inger once lived. Inger is schizophrenic, and lives in a care home coddled by her overprotective mother. Ellen sees their holiday as an opportunity to reconnect, and to find out if Inger might be able to live more independently. Inger herself has a hidden agenda for the trip – hoping to track down a lost love.
Rose is based on director Niels Arden Oplev’s own family history and is full of feeling. Sofie Gråbøl’s performance is the film’s highlight. She inhabits Inger, bringing her to life and presenting all her complications, impulses and anxiety with grace.
https://programme.accesscinema.ie/movie/rose-1
Niels Arden Oplev
After film studies at Copenhagen University, Oplev graduated in direction at the National Film School of Denmark in 1989.
His feature film debut, ‘Portland’ (1996), was selected for the Berlinale, and ‘We Shall Overcome’ (2006) took home the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale. ‘Worlds Apart’ (2008) was also selected for Berlin.
Oplev has contributed to several popular Danish TV series such as ‘Taxi’ (1997-99), ‘Unit 1’ (2000-03) and ‘The Eagle’ (2004-06).
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ (2009), based on novelist Stieg Larsson’s popular thriller trilogy, is Oplev’s fifth feature film, a worldwide box office success. Since then, Oplev has directed a string of films and series in the US, including ‘Mr. Robot’.
His first Danish-produced films after working in Hollywood for several years include ‘Daniel’ (2019) and ‘Rose’
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