After the fall of Apartheid, the director set out to South Africa to witness the newfound situation and to investigate the new relationships among ‘the whites and the blacks’. He was driven by the idea to put the focus of the entire story on a farm run by a white family. However, talking with various people, gathering required information, he came upon two women of opposite generations, and very often of opposite attitudes, but connected by their great personal losses. Their different and opposed stories spontaneously took over the role of the litmus test for the social pattern of that region.
Jon Bang Carlsen
Jon Bang Carlsen was born in 1950 and he graduated from The Danish Film School in 1976. From 1971 to 1978, he has worked with the theatre group Solvognen. He has written and directed more than thirty films. His signature hybrid style combines documentary and fictional interpretations, and many of his documentaries are visually and symbolically powerful, often staged portraits of marginal figures and milieus. Some of his most important films are Jenny, A Rich Man, Hotel of the Stars, Phoenix Bird, Before the Guests Arrive, and Just the Right Amount of Violence. He won the My Generation Award at ZagrebDox 2017 with his film Déjà Vu. He has also published poetry, essays and novels.
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Addicted to Solitude
Denmark
1999, 60', 35 mm
Directed by:
Jon Bang Carlsen
Screenplay by:
Jon Bang Carlsen
Cinematography:
Jon Bang Carlsen
Edited by:
Haley Morris-Hohls
Music:
Frédéric Chopin, Johann Strauss
Produced by:
Carlsen & Company
