Hold Me Tight (2010 film)

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Hold Me Tight
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Danish Hold om mig
Directed by Kaspar Munk
Screenplay byJannik Tai Mosholt
Produced byAnders Toft Andersen
Starring
CinematographyDavid Katznelson
Edited by
  • Ida Bregninge
  • Nanna Frank Møller
Music by Mikael Simpson
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Hold Me Tight (Danish : Hold om mig) is a 2010 Danish drama film directed by Kaspar Munk. It was the director's first film. [1]

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Synopsis

Sara, Mikkel, Louise, and Hassan are four teenagers whose lives are thrown into chaos one day when a misunderstanding cascades into a series of events that will mark each one of them in their own way.

Cast

Reception

Variety said the film "is a classic example of what happens when bad scripts tackle good subjects". [1] The film has a few powerful scenes smothered by stereotypes along with "one of the most spectacularly misconceived endings in memory". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Weissberg, Jay (16 November 2010). "Hold Me Tight". Variety. Retrieved 15 October 2017.