Denis Lavant, the long-lasting French actor of Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail” and Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors,” stars in “Redoubt,” the characteristic debut of rising modern artist-turned-director John Skoog.

At present in put up, the black-and-white movie is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time Palme d’Or profitable director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Unhappiness”) and Erik Hemmendorff. Skoog beforehand directed the California-set documentary quick “Shadowland” which accomplished for a Golden Bear on the Berlinale.

“Redoubt” (“Reduit”) is a story movie that expands on Skoog’s video set up by the identical identify which gained the celebrated Baloise Artwork Prize in 2014, and can be a part of the artist’s exhibition “Partitions.”

Lavant’s reclusive character in “Redoubt” is impressed by Karl-Göran Persson, a farmer referred to as samaritan on the verge of insanity, who lived close to Skoog’s residence city Kvidinge throughout WWII. After receiving a warning by the Swedish authorities of potential strikes by the Soviet military, he units off to show his home right into a fortified shelter for fellow villagers.

Talking to Selection throughout the Goteborg Movie Competition, Skoog stated he’s “been captivated by this story (his) complete life.” He stated he grew up listening to tales about this man and would go to his shelter, which grew to become a kind of village landmark.

“It’s based mostly on a real story about this Swedish farmer who was born within the late nineteenth century and lived by way of two wars,” stated Skoog, who attended the competition with Hemmendorff. “When the specter of a Soviet invasion began looming, after he obtained the pamphlet, he grew to become obsessed and determined to rebuild his little home right into a bunker, first for himself, however then additionally for everybody within the village,” he continued.

Persson didn’t have any cash, so he collected all the pieces he might to bolster the concrete, together with previous metallic elements, bikes, farming instruments and even a squeaking mattress. Skoog stated the result’s a “loopy home which appears to be like virtually like a sculpture.”

Lensed in 35 mm, the movie’s stellar key crew contains cinematographer Ita Zbroniec Zajt (“Lady on the Roof”), editor Jussi Rautaniemi (“Compartment No. 6”) and manufacturing designer Søren Schwartzberg “Division Q: The Keeper of Misplaced Causes.” The script was penned by Skoog and Kettil Kasang.

“This man was so type to youngsters and animals, and will sing, however he was consumed by this concern of doom and paranoia.” Whereas researching for the film, Skoog stated he additionally realized that Persson had additionally been bullied by villagers, and ended up clashing with the area people. Skoog says his story resonates as we speak as a result of there’s additionally some “fears of the East and Russia now,” amid the continued struggle in Ukraine.

For “Redoubt,” Skoog stated he transposed the story to the “second a part of the twentieth century, put up WWII however earlier than the Web grew to become one thing for everybody and earlier than the autumn of the Berlin Wall.”

Skoog stated he wrote the half for Lavant whom stars in practically each body of the film and realized Swedish for the movie, though he has little or no dialogue. “The query was all the time, who can play this legendary man? After which there was Denis Lavant.”

“It’s a loopy efficiency — he stated he had by no means achieved it like this, the place he was a part of each taking pictures day,” stated Skoog. The remainder of the forged contains Agnieszka Podsiadlik (“World on Hearth”), Michalis Koutsogiannakis (“The Woman with the Dragon Tattoo”), and Livia Millhagen (“Solsidan”).

The film shot in two elements, the primary within the Summer season and the second, alleged to happen 10 years later, within the Winter.

Hemmendorff is producing with Caroline Drab for Plattform Produktion, in coproduction with Movie i Skåne, Movie i Väst, Sveriges Tv, BCD Movie, BUFO, Lemming Movie, No-Mad Movies och Paloma Manufacturing, in affiliation with Board Cadre Movies  and Sovereign Movies.

One in all Scandinavia’s greatest recognized producers, Hemmendorff’s credit embrace Ostlund’s films, taking in his Palme d’Or profitable “The Sq.” and “Triangle of Unhappiness,” in addition to Mia Hansen-Love’s “Bergman Island” and Ninja Thyberg’s Sundance movie “Pleasure.”

Lavant has labored with Carax on his most iconic movies, from “Mauvais Sang” to “Holy Motors” which earned him a Cesar nomination.

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