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Norwegian-French on the National Day of May 17th at Cannes Festival


Cannes Festival:  Norwegian-French on the National Day of May 17th

Anders Danielsen Lie in the much praised movie “Oslo 31 
. August” shown in Cannes 2011. Now he has gone French.  Photo: Norsk filminstitutt

Anders Danielsen Lie in the much praised movie “Oslo 31. August” shown in Cannes 2011. Now he has gone French.  Photo: Norsk filminstitutt

Cannes May 16th . Festival letter by Torkil Baden

CANNES/FRANCE: During 11 festival days in Cannes the competition for the Golden Palm, Palm d’Or, rolls on with a triumphant finale on May 22nd.  Twenty films have been selected, but none from Norway. The only Scandinavian production in the main competition is a horror movie by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, The Neon Demon

In “Personal Shopper” Anders Danielsen Lie plays towards Kirsten Stewart. The movie is launched in Cannes on May 17th. Photo: Cannes Festival.

In “Personal Shopper” Anders Danielsen Lie plays towards Kirsten Stewart. The movie is launched in Cannes on May 17th. Photo: Cannes Festival.

Doctor and actor

The major Norwegian event this year in Cannes is a French production where Anders Danielsen Lie has an important role

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. Personal shopper is featuring Kirsten Stewart, and Anders is playing her male counterpart.

His middle name Danielsen is after his mother, the leading Norwegian actor Tone Danielsen, and he actually has a career as a medical doctor like is father.  Now acting is taking over to a growing extent, but he is not planning to give up the medicin.

The screening of “Personal shopper” is taking place on the Norwegian national day, May 17th.  This coincidence may not give this extraordinary actor any extra points, but may cause some extra festivity in the Norwegian camp of two hundred movie people and journalists.

Scandinavian Happy hour every day.

Scandinavian Happy hour every day.

 Market place

However a lot is happening outside the main competition. From Scandinavian Terrace next to celebrated Hotel Carlton on the Croisette the five Nordic countries are joining together and offer a great variety of products.

Some are screened in the theatres of Cannes in other official categories like Short films or Un Certain Regard, movies daring to go outside the beaten track
. And in the market place of Marché du Film fourteen recent Nordic films are on offer to international buyers. There also is a separate Norwegian pavilion in the Village International where 58 countries present themselves.

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