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Chop Chop (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Chop Chop
| image = Fukssvansen.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = Fukssvansen
| director = Niels Arden Oplev
| producer = Sisse Graum Jrgensen
| writers =
| starring =
| music = Jacob Groth
| cinematography = Lars Vestergaard
| editing = Sren B. Ebbe
| studio =
| production_companies = Zentropa
| distributor = Nordisk Film
| released =
| runtime = 90 min.
| country = Denmark
| language = Danish
| budget =
| gross =
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'Chop Chop' is a 2001 Danish comedy film. Its original Danish title is 'Fukssvansen', which literally means "the panel saw". Written and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, the film stars , Anders W. Berthelsen, and Sidse Babett Knudsen, and was produced by Zentropa.
Plot
Dennis and Carl (Anders W. Berthelsen) are brothers who live on a small farm in the country side. None too bright Dennis wants a girlfriend for Christmas. Carl makes sure that Dennis gets just that when he meets Rita (Sidse Babett Knudsen) at the local pub. She is on the run from her husband and she doesn't turn down the chance to hide away at Carl and Dennis'. One festive evening, aided and abetted by Carl, Dennis and Rita, Finn who also lives at the farmhouse takes a few too many of his home-made acid toffees. And suddenly Carl and Dennis find themselves with a major problem, a girl to manage and some very inquisitive neighbours.
Cast
* as Dennis
* Anders W. Berthelsen as Carl
* Sidse Babett Knudsen as Rita
* Tommy Kenter as Anton
* Birthe Neumann as Elly
* Thomas Bo Larsen as Finn
* as Erwin
Accolades
At the 55th Bodil Awards, Tommy Kenter won the Best Supporting Actor award and Birthe Neumann was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. At the 2002 Robert Award ceremony, Birthe Neumann won for Best Supporting Actress and Sren Skjr won for Best Production Design, and Kristian Eidnes Andersen was nominated for Best Sound.
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