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Minor Mishaps (2002)
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With its improvised approach to dysfunction, there's more than a hint of Mike Leigh about Annette K Olesen's directorial debut. Yet, this Danish domestic drama also contains elements of those Dogme favourites, Festen and Italian for Beginners, as the various everyday and extraordinary crises facing a working-class Copenhagen family combine both the pugnacity of a soap and the geniality of a sitcom. Focusing on the frustrations of middle age, it also succeeds in presenting widower Jorgen Kiil's unprepossessing offspring — reclusive chef Maria Würgler Rich, overworked contractor Henrik Prip and eccentric artist, Jannie Faurschou — without ever demonising or patronising them. A minor triumph. DP
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Running time
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104mins
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Country of origin
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Den
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Genre
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Drama
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Alternate title
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Sma Ulykker
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Original language
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Danish
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Screenplay
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Kim Fupz Aakeson
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Theatrical distributor
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Artificial Eye
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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September 2002
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Subtitling information
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In Danish with subtitles
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