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A Fortunate Man (Danish: Lykke-Per) is a 2018 Danish drama film directed by Bille August. In August 2018, it was one of three films shortlisted to be the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Larkin's translation, titled 'A Fortunate Man', is based on the 1905 version of Pontoppidan's text. Danish director Bille August's film adaptation of the novel is also called A Fortunate Man in its English language version and was released in the late summer of 2018.
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Watch A Fortunate Man with a subscription on Netflix. A young man breaks free from his devoutly religious family in Western Denmark to pursue an engineering degree.
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In this quietly revolutionary work of social observation and medical philosophy, Booker Prize-winning writer John Berger and the photographer Jean Mohr train their gaze on an English country doctor and find a universal man--one who has taken it upon himself to recognize his patient's humanity when illness and the fear of death have made them unr...
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Summaries. A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite, but the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.
Aug 30, 2018 · Henrik Pontoppidan. Novel. Anders Frithiof August. Screenplay. On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer.
Apr 19, 2019 · A Fortunate Man, based on the novel Lykke-Per by Henrik Pontoppidan, is a film about a man whose quest to divorce himself from his upbringing leads him to the cusp of brilliance but also causes him to self-destruct, alienating himself from everyone in his life.
