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PRESENTED BY: BORTON VOLVO 
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THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 7:10PM; ST. ANTHONY
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY Director: BÅRD BREIEN Burlesque comedy about 30’s - something guy with a lot of negativity in his soul, taken in tow by well-meaning townsfolk who decide to get him into group therapy and induce “the power of positive Norwegian thinking.” Geirr, who has become severely handicapped in a traffi c accident, spends 24 intense hours around the rehab session as he puts everyone through his tunnel of despair, and anguish before they see the light of a new day. |
“A winningly transgressive black comedy that skewers PC correctness toward the disabled, The Art of Negative Thinking plays like Lars von Trier’s The Idiots meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. — Alissa Simon, Variety The feature fi lm debut for Bård Breien as a writer/director (studied fi lm courses at Copehagen and the history of ideas and literature at the Univ of Oslo). Best Director Award at 2007, Karlovy Vary; 2007 Torino Film Festival; Best Script, Crystal Globe for 2007, Nordic Film Days. “I have been a little fed up with with the Norwegian cinema, in a way that it always is polite, so I wanted to kick all the doors open.” — Bård Breien (In Norwegian with English subtitles) NORWAY• 2007 • 79 MINUTES • DIRECTOR: BÅRD BREIEN  |
