Two Teens Find Themselves ‘Speed Walking’ Toward Love Against the Backdrop of 1976 Denmark—WATCH
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14-year-old Martin (Villads Bøye) is about to be confirmed when his mother dies of cancer. The weeks leading up to his confirmation are difficult and turbulent, as Martin’s father and older brother are distraught and Martin must try to keep the family together. In addition, he must deal with his feelings, sexuality and friendships in particular with his best friend Hans.
It’s 1976, music and hormones are in the air in a provincial setting where the famed Danish liberation of porn has the grownups focused on other things.
Speed Walking [Danish: Kapgang] is a Danish drama film directed by Niels Arden Oplev originally released in 2014, based on the novel of the same name by Morten Kirkskov.
After amassing numerous awards on the international LGBT film festival circuit, QTTV which has dedicated itself to bringing queer cinema out of the closet, released the moving short on its YouTube channel for free last May.
Watch it below.
AWARDS: Bodil Awards – Winner Henning Bahs Award & Nominee for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor & Best Actor Chicago International Film Festival – Winner for Best Costume Design Danish Film Awards – Nominee for Audience Award, Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design & Best Editing CAST: Villads Bøye Frederik Winther Rasmussen Sidse Babett Knudsen Pilou Asbæk DIRECTED BY: Niels Arden Oplev ???? Track Info: Tropical Traveller by Del. https://soundcloud.com/del-sound Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Putju2 Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wfyUZvXo7p4 #SpeedWalking #LGBTQ #QTTV
