78-year-old Asbjorn is admitted to hospital for a minor operation. He feels scared and lonely, but is comforted when he notices a curious painting on the wall depicting a jumping pig with a Mona Lisa-smile. After surgery, Asbjorn discovers that the painting is missing...
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 23 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Dorte Høgh
- Screenplay
- Anders Frithiof August, Dorte Warnøe Høgh
- Cinematography
- Jens Schlosser
- Music
- Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
- Cast
- Henning Moritzen, Trine Pallesen, Farshad Kholghi
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Dorte Høgh
From 1987 to 1999 Dorte Hogh worked on different programmes and as a hostess for the Danish TV and producer of several popular radio programmes for Denmark's radio. Dorte has attended The National Film's School of Denmark wherefrom she graduated in as scriptwriter in 1999. Since 1999 she has been writing scripts for several successful movies and TV series episodes. "The Pig" is Dorte's debut as a film director.
