Adam's Apples (2005)

R04/15/2005Drama, Comedy, Crime1h 34m
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Overview

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

Top Billed Cast

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    Mads Mikkelsen

    Ivan

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    Ulrich Thomsen

    Adam

  3. Cast 1

    Paprika Steen

    Sarah

  4. Cast 1

    Ole Thestrup

    Dr. Kolberg

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    Nikolaj Lie Kaas

    Holger

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    Nicolas Bro

    Gunnar

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    Ali Kazim

    Khalid

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    Gyrd Løfquist

    Poul

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    Lars Ranthe

    Esben

Adam's Apples is simultaneously a deconstruction and a satire of the Book of Job; the former because it recognizes and highlights the underlying black humor in the biblical text, and the latter because it rightly points out that more than Job’s patience, we should talk about his madness. Danish priest Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) is both jobian and quixotic (the costume department deserves a pat on the back for making him look, in his priestly garb, like the subject, thought to be Cervantes, of a portrait attributed to Juan de Jáuregui), his insanity the only thing that makes his crappy life beara...

Status Released

Original LanguageDanish 

Budget$3,700,000.00

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