Skjold & Isabel

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Skjold & Isabel (2018)

Directed by Emil Næsby Hansen

Documentary · 1h 06m

17-year-old Skjold and 18-year-old Isabel are no longer together, but they will always be each other's first love. The film throws us into a whirlwind of conversations, quarrels and happy moments during a long summer in Copenhagen. A vulnerable and confusing time for the two of them, as they try to define who they are, both as a couple and as individuals. They are entangled in romantic feelings and a strong friendship, and find it hard to let each other go, so to break with her feelings, Isabel decides to move to Barcelona on her own. But will their new freedom give Skjold and Isabel the answers to who they are? Emil Næsby Hansen is the fly on the wall, who effortlessly and without interfering is there with the couple during their ups and downs, managing to capture all the emotional nuances. From romantic love and unbearable loneliness to poetic freedom, with the Danish summer as a moody backdrop.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Emil Næsby Hansen
Editor
Sofie Steenberger
Producer
Emil Kramhøft Dinsen, Emil Wergeland, Cathrine Skotte

Details

Release date
2018-05-24
Runtime
1h 06m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DA
Spoken languages
Danish
Countries
Denmark
Production
Wergeland Film, Angel Scandinavia, New Danish Screen, Det Danske Filminstitut