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Nedtur
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Wikipedia article
'Nedtur' (literally 'Downturn', released in English as 'If Music Be the Food of Love') is a Norwegian feature film from 1980 directed by Hans Lindgren. The film is about the life of a musician and his friends. They struggle with both relationships and marriage, and they often party together. There will be a downturn.
Plot
Nils (played by Nils Sletta) is a self-absorbed young jazz musician that expresses himself through music. Christian (Helge Jordal) is Nils` friend and works as a photographer for a weekly magazine. To make extra money, he also takes nude photos. Christian is struggling in his marriage with Kari (Frydis Armand). Nils and Christian like to party together and drink a lot. One day, Nils' meets the drug addict Elin (Sigrid Huun), and the two become lovers. However, the relationship becomes difficult and they quarrel a lot. When Nils goes on tour one day, he breaks up with Elin. She breaks down and starts using drugs again. Christian, on the other hand, is thrown out of his home and it dawns on him what kind of life he has led. He ends up having a nervous breakdown.
Reception
The newspaper 'Aftenposten' gave the film a "dice throw" of 3, and 'Verdens Gang' gave it a "dice throw" of 4.
Cast
* Nils Sletta as Nils, a musician
* Sigrid Huun as Elin
* Helge Jordal as Christian
* Frydis Armand as Kari
* Per Blom as a young drug addict
* Anne Marie Ottersen as a girl in the studio
* Kerry-Lou Baylis as the pornographic model
* Arne Berg as the fat man
* ivind Blunckas the middle-aged man
* Sverre Gran as the debt collector
* Per Hagerup as the drunk man
* Sverre Horge as the homeless man
* Anne Marit Jacobsen as a girl in the studio
* Eyolf Soot Klvig as the journalist
* Lars Andreas Larssen as the editor
* Unni Lwe as Kim
* William Nyrn as ge
* Gunhild Pedersen as the unknown girl
* Christin Smit as the secretary
* Egil Storeide as the journalist
* Kari Torbjrnsen as the photo model
References
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