'Part Fantasy. Part Mystery. All Pulp!' is what it says on the poster for 'No Right Turn', and David Noel Bourke's English-speaking film lives up to that promise perfectly. 'No Right Turn' is both a tribute to and a tongue-in-cheek pastiche of the classic Film Noir genre. Nina (Laura Bach) is a shapely femme fatale, who is saddled to her boyfriend Johnny (Tao Hildebrand), a bragging small-time crook, who straps a piece of raw liver under his nose when they have sex. One night, Nina meets Monella (Sira Stampe), an artistically withdrawn soul, whom Nina persistently tries to seduce. But Nina has a hidden agenda with this friendship. She wants Monella to help her steal Johnny's hidden cash, and together they stage a fake kidnapping, which can only go wrong. 'No Right Turn' was produced in Denmark entirely without public funding with the help of passion, elbow grease and private savings. The film is not likely to find a Danish distributor, but it is nonetheless a successful and enthusiastic work. There is plenty of self-irony in Bourke's direction and in the actors' performances, which consciously lay it on thick with the archetypal roles. And it is all wrapped in impressively beautiful cinemascope images.
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No Right Turn
Denmark, 2008, 91 min.
1:2.35 Cinemascope
English version
Director: |
David Noel Bourke |
Script: |
David Noel Bourke |
Camera: |
Eric Witzgall |
Sound: |
Jason Luke, Samuel Lehn, Jens Peter Storm |
Editor: |
David Noel Bourke & Jakob Keller |
Cast: |
Laura Bach, Sira Stampe, Tao Hildebrand, Lars Lippert, Sami Darr, Flora Nasseri Jensen, Mads Koudal, Morten Steensgaard, Gauthier Bricmont |
Producer: |
Catrina Bourke-Madsen, David Noel Bourke |
Production: |
Zentropa, Fridthjof Film APS, Supersonic APS, Axis Mundi Studios, Last Exit Productions |
Distr.: |
Last Exit Productions, 1060 |
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