Geneva Award
Pusher
Nicolas Winding Refn / Denmark / 1996 / 105 min / Thriller
Danish / Subtitles English
Danish / Subtitles English
A dealer is trying to find ways to pay back the money he owes to a supplier. He runs and runs. With Pusher, a film on amphetamines, Nicolas Winding Refn entered the world of cinema with a bang and revealed Mads Mikkelsen in a major supporting role.
For Mads Mikkelsen, gymnast and professional dancer, sport is a passion. Taking advantage of these opportunities to practice stunts, he branches off and becomes an actor. Shooting in a sticky Copenhagen with a Super 16 camera on the shoulder and without permission, Refn was propelled to the rank of “Danish Scorsese” and launched Mikkelsen’s career. This brilliant opus would herald a naturalist, bitter and ultra-violent trilogy made over more than ten years.
Direction
Nicolas Winding Refn
Screenplay
Jens Dahl, Nicolas Winding Refn
Image
Morten Søborg
Editing
Anne Østerud
Sound
Anders Hörling
Music
Povl Kristian
Production
Balboa Entertainment (Henrik Danstrup)
With
Mads Mikkelsen, Kim Bodnia, Laura Drasbæk, Zlatko Buric
International sales
Trust Nordisk (Susan Wendt)