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Director:
Mads MatthiesenGuión:
Martin ZandvlietCámara:
Laust Trier MørkMúsica:
Sune MartinReparto:
Kim Kold, Lamaiporn Hougaard, David Winters, Elsebeth Steentoft, Allan Mogensen, Barbara Zatler, Per Otto Bersang Rasmussen, David GarmarkSinopsis(1)
Dennis es un culturista de 38 años que vive con su opresora madre en Copenague. Intenta tener citas, pero no cosecha mucho éxito, porque la timidez le gana la partida cada vez que intenta estar con una chica. Tras asistir a la boda de su primo con una asiática, Dennis decide viajar a Tailandia buscando el amor, sin saber que los turistas que van a ese país buscando compañía femenina no suelen centrarse en los sentimientos. Su madre, creyendo que se va a una competición en Alemania, le deja marchar, y Dennis emprende el viaje. Una vez en Pattaya, cuando su primo pone a todos sus contactos a funcionar para presentarle chicas, Dennis se da cuenta de que es incapaz de pasar la noche con una prostituta por la que no siente nada. Ya desesperado y seguro de que nunca va a encontrar lo que busca, conoce a Toi, una viuda que le descubre una nueva forma de querer y ser querido. (Gijón International Film Festival)
(más)Reseñas (3)
A diferencia de la película Corazón gigante, que también sigue a un osito tímido y antisocial, Teddy Bear es aburrida, sin sentimientos ni detalles psicológicos. Como si los creadores quisieran equiparar la sencillez intelectual del protagonista con la superficialidad emocional de la historia. Por otro lado, es guionisticamente pura y sin giros innecesarios, conducida al objetivo liberador.
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As I watched, I thought the main character reminded me of something. And then I looked at the director’s filmography and everything became clear to me. Teddy Bear is something like an extended version of his short movie Dennis, which fascinated me back then. Well, I was just as intrigued by this film. Kim Kold plays a quiet, introverted good guy who has three times more muscles than I have fat on my belly. His performance is not bad, and the same goes for the story, which unfolds in a somewhat classic way, but you still keep hoping for a good ending. The Scandinavians are very good in these realistic life dramas, so I enjoyed this film to the maximum.
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One of the many Nordic titles influenced by Trier's Dogma 95. A real environment, a handheld camera, and a believable and, in its own way, banal story devoid of any decorative and manipulative elements typical for entertaining film fiction. The film suggests the feeling of a documentary. Denis may command respect with his giant muscular physique, but he struggles in his romantic relationships and is under the influence of his dominant and manipulative mother. The years pass relentlessly, and Denis decides to escape from the seemingly comfortable environment of the "mom hotel" at all costs. He travels all the way to Thailand to find love and a new home. An encounter with his mother becomes inevitable. Teddy Bear is actually quite an ordinary film in terms of content, and I'm not sure if it would work as successfully if it didn't feature the striking presence of Kim Kold in the role of the gentle giant with a good heart, who moves us with his clumsiness. Overall impression: 60%.
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