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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.
A Fortunate Man: Directed by Bille August. With Esben Smed, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Benjamin Kitter, Julie Christiansen. 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.
- Bille August
- 2 min
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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- Esben Smed
- Bille August
- Drama, History
May 2, 2019 · The screenwriting, adapted from the Danish author Henrik Pontoppidan’s turn-of-the-20th-century novel “Lucky Per,” hoists subtext so high that it surpasses text.
- Bille August
In the late 19th century, Peter Sidenius is an ambitious young man from a devout Christian family in Western Denmark, who travels to the Danish capital of Copenhagen to study engineering, rebelling against his clergyman father.
A FORTUNATE MAN opens in Denmark at the turn of the 20th century. Young Per Sidenius (Esben Smed) leaves his rural, Christian-fundamentalist home filled with both anger and ambition. Struggling to survive as a student in Copenhagen, Per's genius is apparent.
In the late 19th century, Peter Sidenius is an ambitious young man from a devout Christian family in Western Denmark, who travels to the Danish capital of Copenhagen to study engineering, rebelling against his clergyman father.
- 2 min
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