The Man

( Mesteren )

— Charlotte Sieling

Danish (with English, Dutch subtitles); 94 min

World Premiere

Not available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland

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The Man - Charlotte Sieling

Denmark, 2016, 94 min

Starring: Søren Malling, Jakob Oftebro, Ane Dahl Torp, Søren Pilmark, Sus Wilkins, Thomas Hwan, Marie Lydie Melono Nokouda, Evrim Benli
Production: Nimbus Film ApS / Hummel & Nimbus / Sirena Film

Simon is The Man. He is the king of the Danish art scene - eccentric, successful and wealthy, with a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Life is beautiful, right up until the day his unknown son Casper turns up and takes everyone by storm. It turns out that Casper is the world famous graffiti artist "The Ghost" which provokes and challenges Simon, and soon he finds himself lost in a kingdom on the verge of collapse.

Charlotte Sieling

"Actors are different animals – all of them, different from a horse to a tiger to a lion. I want to respect where they are standing. I know that from my own experience if I am not being respected for being the species I am."

Born 1960 in Denmark, Charlotte Sieling graduated as an actress from the Danish National School of Theatre in 1985, and in 1995 from the National Film School of Denmark, where she graduated in screenplay writing. She worked as a stage and film actor for ten years before taking up directing. She made her first short TUG OG TONE in 1998. ABOVE THE STREET, BELOW THE WATER was her feature film debut, followed by THE MAN, premiering at the IFF Rotterdam.