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Film

A Short Life

Janus Metz, Denmark, 2014

14 min.DK/Short fiction

A drunk Greenlandic man tries to commit suicide but fails. His arms are too short and he only succeeds in the complete destruction of his jaw. Surgeons and nurses start the slow and tiresome work of creating a new jaw, wondering if it is worth the effort. Finally the new titanium jaw is in place and it makes him look less drunk and less Greenlander. More like a South American version of Kirk Douglas. With new courage, he is ready to be discharged.
Basic information Credits
Original title Det korte liv
Danish title Det korte liv
Keywords Prejudices, Surgery, Hospitals, Existence, Attempted suicide
Director Janus Metz
Screenplay Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Janus Metz
Based on Baseret på en historie fra Kaspar Colling Nielsens roman "Borgerkrigen i Danmark 2018-24".
Producer Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen
Director of Photography Adam Philp
Editor Rebekka Lønqvist
Sound Peter Albrechtsen
Composer Uno Helmersson
Production designer Helle Lygum Justesen
Appearance Nicolas Bro, Signe Egholm Olsen, Søren Spanning, Peter Christoffersen
Production country Denmark
Dialogue language Danish
Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
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Companies

Production company Creative Alliance P
With support from New Danish Screen

Direction

Direction Janus Metz
Assistant director Anne Plauborg
Assistant director Kaan Arici

Script

Screenplay Kaspar Colling Nielsen
Screenplay Janus Metz

Production

Producer Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen
Production supervisor Marianne Christensen
Production manager Jette Bitten Glibstrup
Unit manager Oliver Tonning
Production assistant Alex Decker
Location scout Morten Stahlhut
Post-production manager Emma Engberg
Technical supervisor James Johnston

Cinematography

Cinematographer Adam Philp
First assistant camera Mikkel Find
Steadicam operator Kristian Appel
Steadicam operator Flemming Laybourn
DIT Peter Steincke

Electrical dept.

Gaffer Tobias Juhl
Best boy Jonathan Guldberg Elsborg
Best boy Mads Junker
Assistant lighting technician Andreas Carbel
Assistant lighting technician Emil Aagaard
Assistant lighting technician Julius Alsinger Plambech

Editing

Editor Rebekka Lønqvist
Avid assistant Mia Freja Øehl Corneliussen

Music

Composer Uno Helmersson

Production design

Production designer Helle Lygum Justesen
Set dresser Søren Hansen
Production design assistant Anne Oddershede

Wardrobe

Costume on set Sara Paludan Battrup

Makeup

SFX makeup Martin Hansen

Sound

Sound designer Peter Albrechtsen
Sound recordist Jan Lundby
B-sound designer Jacques Pedersen
Sound assistant Mikkel Nielsen
Foley artist Heikki Kossi
Foley recordist Hannu Karppinen
Sound mixer Peter Albrechtsen
Sound mixer Jacques Pedersen

Special effects

SFX Martin Hansen

Visual effects

Online James Johnston
Colourist Kaj Ivanovic
VFX Jesper Rydland
VFX Simon Sandin
VFX Camilla Hagg

Appearance

Appearance Nicolas Bro
Appearance Signe Egholm Olsen
Appearance Søren Spanning
Appearance Peter Christoffersen
Appearance Tina Gylling Mortensen
Appearance Biljana Stojkoska
Appearance Katrine Greis-Rosenthal
Appearance Frida Flaggren

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