Country: Denmark, Ghana
Year: 2015
Duration: 114'
In 1836, the king of Denmark orders the botanist Wulff to set sail for the Gold Coast in equatorial Africa, where a Danish colonial camp is located. The mission’s goal is to establish a number of plantations there. What he leaves behind at home is the great love of his live; what awaits him is the unknown. To Wulff, a scientist who looks at nature in a visionary way, it is the beginning of an adventure with unexpected and dramatic consequences, in which he will clash with the local populations, threatened by the slave trade, but also the conspiracies and the plotting that act in the shadow of power.
Biography
film director
Daniel Dencik
Daniel Dencik (Sweden, 1972) studied film editing at the National Film School of Denmark. At the same time, he published numerous collections of poetry, for which he has received awards and prizes. As a film editor, he has collaborated on films such as the Icelandic feature-length Nói albinói by Dagur Kári, presented out of competition at the 2003 Torino Film Festival. He debuted as a director in 2006 with the short Out, which was followed by the documentaries Moon Rider (2012), Tal R: The Virgin (2013) and Expedition to the End of the World (2013). Gold Coast is his first feature-length fiction film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Out (cm, 2006), Moon Rider (doc., 2012), Tal R: The Virgin (doc., 2013), Ekspeditionen til verdens ende (Expedition to the End of the World, doc., 2013), Guldkysten (Gold Coast, 2015).
Declaration
film director
“The 1830s is characterized by the search for wholeness, an understanding of nature that goes beyond the race-oriented cataloging that had characterized both science and philosophy until then. It was essential to give this film a timeless and eternal expression. Above all, we have been inspired by the so-called fractal geometry in contemporary mathematics.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Daniel Dencik
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Daniel Dencik, Sara Isabella Jønsson
fotografia/cinematography
Martin Munch
montaggio/film editing
Theis Schmidt, Rebekka Lønqvist
scenografia/production design
Liselotte Justesen
costumi/costume design
Jane Marshall Whittaker
musica/music
Angelo Badalamenti, Johan Carøe, Lasse Martinussen
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jakob Oftebro (Wulff), Danica Curcic (Caroline), John Aggrey (Lumpa), Luise Skov (Elenora), Anders Heinrichsen (Dall), Wakefield Ackuaku (Richter), Mikkel Hilgart (Autrup), Morten Holst (Guvernør), Adam Ild Rohweder (Herbst)
produttore/producer
Michael Haslund-Christensen
produzione/production
Haslund/Dencik Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Kwame Boadi
coproduzione/coproduction
Film i Väst, inGenius Africa
contatti/contacts
Danish Film Institute
Lizette Gram
Tel: +45 33 74 34 00
lizetteg@dfi.dk
www.dfi.dk
Daniel Dencik
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Daniel Dencik, Sara Isabella Jønsson
fotografia/cinematography
Martin Munch
montaggio/film editing
Theis Schmidt, Rebekka Lønqvist
scenografia/production design
Liselotte Justesen
costumi/costume design
Jane Marshall Whittaker
musica/music
Angelo Badalamenti, Johan Carøe, Lasse Martinussen
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jakob Oftebro (Wulff), Danica Curcic (Caroline), John Aggrey (Lumpa), Luise Skov (Elenora), Anders Heinrichsen (Dall), Wakefield Ackuaku (Richter), Mikkel Hilgart (Autrup), Morten Holst (Guvernør), Adam Ild Rohweder (Herbst)
produttore/producer
Michael Haslund-Christensen
produzione/production
Haslund/Dencik Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Kwame Boadi
coproduzione/coproduction
Film i Väst, inGenius Africa
contatti/contacts
Danish Film Institute
Lizette Gram
Tel: +45 33 74 34 00
lizetteg@dfi.dk
www.dfi.dk
