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Denmark released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: An aspiring actress finds her hopes of big-screen stardom unexpectedly complicated when she is forced to contend with an unplanned pregnancy. All Anna ever wanted was to become an actress. A pretty girl from a wealthy family, Anna one day decides to pack her bags and head to Copenhagen without telling her mother and father. Once in the city, however, Anna discovers just what a cruel mistress fate can be upon discovering that she will soon become a mother. Later, after giving birth to a baby girl, Anna does her best to provide for her daughter while still pursuing her dreams of becoming a famous actress. Unfortunately for mother and daughter alike, this path ultimately proves to have tragic consequences. ...Daisy Diamond
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I ordered this film on a bit of a longshot. Noomi Rapace's performance as Lisbeth in the Millenium Trilogy
was so impressive that I looked for other films she had appeared in.
You will not be dissapointed this is an amazing performance Noomi as Anna appears in almost every scene and holds the
film together. A word of warning if you are easily offended or shocked give this a miss.
was so impressive that I looked for other films she had appeared in.
You will not be dissapointed this is an amazing performance Noomi as Anna appears in almost every scene and holds the
film together. A word of warning if you are easily offended or shocked give this a miss.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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How about this for a movie double bill:
1st) Eraserhead (dir. D. Lynch) - kinda like the b/w cartoon before the main misery.
2nd) Daisy Diamond - brutal truth in ghetto grey.
Watch both together and you'd be sure to jump off the nearest ledge at the end.
This depressed narrative of a young woman struggling to audition for parts in Copenhagen and being hamstrung by her crying baby would be rendered unwatchable if it weren't for Noomi Rapace. She has such a striking face, conveying strength and inviting sympathy without pity, that one is compelled to stay. (If she can stick it out, why not me?)
I mention Eraserhead because both are about lone parents driven to distraction by a bawling baby. At least Lynch's film has the surreal strangeness to make the misery marvellous. In Daisy Diamond, Anna (Rapace) talks to her baby, questioning her, accusing her, begging her. The baby listens and then starts screaming. This happens at least three times: mother makes a speech and baby screams in response. One does start to question whether Anna is making the most practical decisions; it emerges later that her neighbour is a child minder. Anna's story, her words, become co-mingled with dialogue from Bergman's brilliant and creepy masterpiece Persona [1966] [DVD] so that eventually the viewer must doubt whether things are really happening to Anna or not. If the plot wasn't built entirely on disappointment, exploitation and degradation, it would be good to see this again, for more analytical viewing.
It makes Eraserhead Eraserhead [DVD] [1976] seem like comfort viewing. I do get the feeling though that Daisy Diamond is a film whose true-to-life cruelty, tenderness and introspection could have been successfully presented as a short film of maybe ten or twenty minutes. It's too dreary for ninety.
1st) Eraserhead (dir. D. Lynch) - kinda like the b/w cartoon before the main misery.
2nd) Daisy Diamond - brutal truth in ghetto grey.
Watch both together and you'd be sure to jump off the nearest ledge at the end.
This depressed narrative of a young woman struggling to audition for parts in Copenhagen and being hamstrung by her crying baby would be rendered unwatchable if it weren't for Noomi Rapace. She has such a striking face, conveying strength and inviting sympathy without pity, that one is compelled to stay. (If she can stick it out, why not me?)
I mention Eraserhead because both are about lone parents driven to distraction by a bawling baby. At least Lynch's film has the surreal strangeness to make the misery marvellous. In Daisy Diamond, Anna (Rapace) talks to her baby, questioning her, accusing her, begging her. The baby listens and then starts screaming. This happens at least three times: mother makes a speech and baby screams in response. One does start to question whether Anna is making the most practical decisions; it emerges later that her neighbour is a child minder. Anna's story, her words, become co-mingled with dialogue from Bergman's brilliant and creepy masterpiece Persona [1966] [DVD] so that eventually the viewer must doubt whether things are really happening to Anna or not. If the plot wasn't built entirely on disappointment, exploitation and degradation, it would be good to see this again, for more analytical viewing.
It makes Eraserhead Eraserhead [DVD] [1976] seem like comfort viewing. I do get the feeling though that Daisy Diamond is a film whose true-to-life cruelty, tenderness and introspection could have been successfully presented as a short film of maybe ten or twenty minutes. It's too dreary for ninety.
Format:DVD
The best performance given by any actress in the history of film ever!
VERY realistic, extremely gripping, excellent storyline and brilliant casting.
If you loved Noomi Rapace in The Millennium Trilogy, you will NOT be disappointed by this.
I'd go as far as to say this performance is better than all three of The Millennium Series.
VERY realistic, extremely gripping, excellent storyline and brilliant casting.
If you loved Noomi Rapace in The Millennium Trilogy, you will NOT be disappointed by this.
I'd go as far as to say this performance is better than all three of The Millennium Series.
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Moody Danish Drama
This is a gruelling film - unrelentingly dark and sometimes extremely difficult to watch. Rapace, as in the Millennium films, is unbelievably good - as young mother and aspiring... Read more
Published 18 months ago by DocNic
Grim
Excellent, if a bit grim, the acting was great very realistic, in the end quite sad.
Published 24 months ago by Mr. G. P. Buckley
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