NLFF 2005 > A Hole in My Heart

A HOLE IN MY HEART (18)

Friday 18th November, 12:05pm, Tyneside Cinema
Monday 21st November, 8:15pm, Tyneside Cinema

Lukas Moodysson is one of Europe’s most talented filmmakers and was on a seemingly unstoppable rise from Show Me Love to Lilya Forever. Then he made A Hole in My Heart and it received some of the worst and most contradictory reviews since Lars Von Trier made Dancer in the Dark.

Rickard and his son Erik live in a run-down apartment in which Rickard and his seedy friend Geko make DIY adult movies with amateur porn actress and rejected Big Brother contestant Tess. Shocking and uncompromising, Moodysson’s exploration of morality, friendship and reality TV is an audacious visual and aural experience. Now you can make up your own mind. This is your chance to see this lost work on the big screen.

Be warned: Contains scenes of sexual violence and cosmetic surgery.
Not for the faint-hearted.

A deeply audacious, sincere and accomplished film
THE INDEPENDENT

Moodysson’s most radical and daring film to date
THE GUARDIAN

...an unrelentingly crass and confrontational barf bomb that makes Lars von Trier's The Idiots look like the philosophical experiment that it is. TJ. HOBERMAN, VILLAGE VOICE

Director: Lukas Moodysson / Feature / Swedish with English subtitles
93 minutes /Sweden 2004

A HOLE IN MY HEART (18) Friday 18th November, 12:05pm, Tyneside Cinema Monday 21st November, 8:15pm, Tyneside Cinema Lukas Moodysson is one of Europe’s most talented filmmakers and was on a seemingly unstoppable rise from Show Me Love to Lilya Forever. Then he made A Hole in My Heart and it received some of the worst and most contradictory reviews since Lars Von Trier made Dancer in the Dark. Rickard and his son Erik live in a run-down apartment in which Rickard and his seedy friend Geko make DIY adult movies with amateur porn actress and rejected Big Brother contestant Tess. Shocking and uncompromising, Moodysson’s exploration of morality, friendship and reality TV is an audacious visual and aural experience. Now you can make up your own mind. This is your chance to see this lost work on the big screen. Be warned: Contains scenes of sexual violence and cosmetic surgery. Not for the faint-hearted. A deeply audacious, sincere and accomplished film THE INDEPENDENT Moodysson’s most radical and daring film to date THE GUARDIAN ...an unrelentingly crass and confrontational barf bomb that makes Lars von Trier's The Idiots look like the philosophical experiment that it is. TJ. HOBERMAN, VILLAGE VOICE Director: Lukas Moodysson / Feature / Swedish with English subtitles 93 minutes /Sweden 2004