Just Like Home

Lone Scherfig
Denmark
2007

Just Like Home is about trust: The fundamental belief that people you hardly know will want the best for you.

97", 35mm
Color, Danish with English subtitles

about the film

In this comedic tale of a troubled and insular small town where everyone knows everyone, and the relentless search for a streaker who seems to have been spotted by one person one night, Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself) once again portrays an endearing ensemble of misfits and lonely individuals helping each other through hard times. Everyone is convinced that the town – indeed, all of Danish society – is collapsing around them; the paranoia and chaos quickly spreads because of ‘the naked man atrocity’. Even if mistrust, sexual and emotional repression, loneliness, private longings, and awkward secrets are the main agenda of this smooth yet edgy film, at the end of the day it is Scherfig’s ability to gently put naked souls on display that makes it impossible not to love each and every one of these characters and their collective neuroses. Well-known for her films Italian For Beginners and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Scherfig’s signature take on life, bringing a sense of humor to an otherwise angst-ridden society, is here at its sharpest.

about the director

Born 1959 in Denmark, Lone Scherfig graduated from the Danish Film Academy in 1984 and made her debut as a film director with The Birthday Trip in 1990. Employing the principles of Dogme 95, Scherfig made Italian for Beginners (2000). The film won the Jury Prize (Silver Bear) at the Berlin Film Festival. Her third feature Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002) received much critical acclaim at festivals around the world.

awards

2007 Cannes Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival

screenings

February 14 Thursday, 7:30 PM AFM Budak Caddebostan

February 16 Saturday, 3:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 18 Monday, 12:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 25 Monday, 7:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

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