Synopse
They were the most spectacular thing Denmark had to offer in the 1960s: two notorious drop-out provocateurs, Simon Spies and Mogens Glistrup. Spies, the hippy with a head for business and a weakness for beautiful women and scandal. Glistrup, the lawyer with political ambitions, mostly serious, but no less eccentric. The two friends start up the travel agency Spies Travel and make it Scandinavia's most successful. Then Glistrup admits openly that he doesn't pay taxes and follows up with the opinion that no-one should. One provocation too many. The film is as weird, comic and tragic as the true story behind it.
Regie
CHRISTOFFER BOE (*1974) studied at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen. His film Reconstruction won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 2003 for the best debut film and was also shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG Most recently, he directed Sex, Drugs & Taxation (2013).
Info
Original Title: Spies & Glistrup
International Title: Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 13
Version & Subtitles: Danish OV with English subtitles
Director: Christoffer Boe
Screenplay: Simon Pasternak, Christoffer Boe
Cast/Protagonists: Nicolas Bro, Pilou Asbæk, Jesper Christensen, Jacob Højlev Jørgensen, Kasper Leisner Kasper Leisner
Production country: Denmark
Year of Production: 2013
Length: 110 min
Producer: Tine Grew Pfeiffer, Caroline Schluter
Production company: Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen ApS
Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro
Editor: Peter Brandt
Music: Jonas Struck
Production Design: Thomas Greve
World Sales: LevelK ApS
Distributor: The Danish Film Institute, Lizette Gram Mygind
