The Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's latest film is a sweet, strangely modest tragicomedy about the pleasures of (mostly banal) The New York Times Another Round (Druk) (2020) (Review)
Thomas Vinterberg’s Un altro giro (2020) centers on four middle-aged high school teachers—Martin, Tommy, Nikolaj, and Peter—who embark on a pseudoscientific experiment. Inspired by a theory attributed to Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud, they set out to maintain a constant blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of Un altro giro [HD] (2021) Bluray 1080p
Vinterberg avoids the typical Hollywood extremes of either moralizing against addiction or glorifying substance abuse. Instead, the film presents alcohol with precise, clinical, and human dualism: 'Another Round' Review: They'll Drink to That The Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's latest film is
Before the experiment, the protagonists are trapped in a state of living death. Martin (played masterfully by Mads Mikkelsen) is robotic in his teaching and emotionally distant from his wife. They do not suffer from a lack of options, but from the weight of choices already made and the subsequent mourning of their lost youth. Martin (played masterfully by Mads Mikkelsen) is robotic
📝 Paper: The Dialectics of Freedom and Escape in Vinterberg's Un altro giro 1. Introduction
The film immediately frames itself through a quote by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: "What is youth? A dream. What is love? The content of the dream." Kierkegaard posited that anxiety ( Angst ) is the "dizziness of freedom"—the paralyzing realization of the infinite possibilities available to an individual.