Mifunes Last Song

Torben Jensen

Mifunes Last Song (Danish: Mifunes sidste sang; in

North America and Swedish: Mifune), 1999, is the third
lm to be made according to the Dogme 95 group rules.
It was directed by Sren Kragh-Jacobsen. The lm was
a great success in Denmark and an international blockbuster, ranked among the ten best-selling Danish lms
worldwide. It was produced by Nimbus Film.

Klaus Bondam
Soe Stougaard

3 Confession

At the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, the lm

won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize and Iben Hjejle The confession is an idea adapted by Thomas Vinterwon an Honourable Mention.[1]
berg in the rst Dogme 95 lm: Make a confession if elements of the lm do not comply with the strict interpretation of the Dogme-rules. It is written from the directors
1 Plot
point of view.
As one of the DOGME 95 brethren and
co-signatory of the Vow of Chastity I feel
moved to confess to the following transgressions of the aforesaid Vow during the production of Dogme 3 - Mifune. Please note that the
lm has been approved as a Dogme work, as
only one genuine breach of the rules has actually taken place. The rest may be regarded as
moral breaches.

Kresten had moved from his parents farm on Lolland,

an out-of-the-way small Danish island, to Copenhagen to
pursue his working career. When his father dies, he has
to move back to the farm, where nothing much has happened since he left. He places an ad in the local newspaper to get help running the farm and taking care of his retarded brother. The prostitute Liva, who is running away
from harassing telephone calls, takes the job. But running
away from ones past isn't easy.

I confess to having made one take with a black drape

covering a window. This is not only the addition of
a property, but must also be regarded as a kind of
lighting arrangement.

Cast
Iben Hjejle

I confess to moving furniture and ttings around the

house.

Anders W. Berthelsen
Jesper Asholt

I confess to having taken with me a number of albums of my favourite comic book series as a youth,
Linda & Valentin (Valrian and Laureline).

Emil Tarding
Anders Hove

I confess to helping to chase the neighbours freerange hens across our location and including them
in the lm.

Soe Grbl
Paprika Steen

I confess that I brought a photographic image from

an old lady from the area and hung it in a prominent
position in one scene: not as part of the plot, but
more as a selsh, spontaneous, pleasureable whim.

Susanne Storm
Ellen Hillings
Sidse Babett Knudsen

I confess to borrowing a hydraulic platform from a

painter, which we used for the only two birds-eye
overview shots in the lm.

Sren Fauli
Sren Malling

I do solemnly declare that in my presence the remainder of Dogme 3 - Mifune was produced in accordance with the vow of chastity.

Kjeld Nrgaard
Kirsten Vaupel
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I also point out that the lm has been approved by
DOGME 95 as a Dogme lm, as in real terms no
more than a single breach of the rules has been committed. The rest may be regarded as moral transgressions.

References

[1] Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners. berlinale.de. Retrieved

2012-01-31.

External links
Mifunes sidste sang at the Internet Movie Database
Nimbus Film Ocial site

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