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Tree of Knowledge (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Tree of Knowledge' is a 1981 Danish coming-of-age drama directed by Nils Malmros. The film details the lives of 17 teenage schoolmates in 1950s Denmark. Shooting on location at the high school which he had attended, Malmros took two years to film the action, so the cast members reflected the real-life physical and emotional development of their characters.
Despite critical praise, 'Tree of Knowledge' received only two awards: the Danish Film Critics Bodil Award for Jan Weincke's cinematography, and the Audience Award at the Lbeck Nordic Film Festival. 'Tree of Knowledge' is one of the top 100 Danish films listed by the Danish Film Institute and is one of ten films listed in the cultural canon of Denmark by the Danish Ministry of Culture.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cast
Production
When Nils Malmros called Gitte Iben Andersen and told her that she had become the chosen one to play Lene, she noticed that there was also a nudity scene. She was therefore refusing, but nevertheless said yes, when the film director added in a slight way that all other girls had said yes, without knowing that he had used the same trick towards the other girls.
Reception
Film Critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote "'The Tree of Knowledge' is the truest and most moving film I have ever seen about the experience of puberty... a creative act of memory about exactly what it was like to be 13 in 1953."Roger Ebert /Chicago Sun-Times, 1 December 1982.
See also
* List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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