Skjold & Isabel
17-year-old Skjold and 18-year-old Isabel are no longer together, but they will always be each other's first love. The film throws us into a whirlwind of conversations, quarrels and happy moments during a long summer in Copenhagen. A vulnerable and confusing time for the two of them, as they try to define who they are, both as a couple and as individuals. They are entangled in romantic feelings and a strong friendship, and find it hard to let each other go, so to break with her feelings, Isabel decides to move to Barcelona on her own. But will their new freedom give Skjold and Isabel the answers to who they are? Emil Næsby Hansen is the fly on the wall, who effortlessly and without interfering is there with the couple during their ups and downs, managing to capture all the emotional nuances. From romantic love and unbearable loneliness to poetic freedom, with the Danish summer as a moody backdrop.
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Emil Næsby Hansen Director · Sofie Steenberger Editor
First release May 24, 2018 · Produced in Denmark · Production Angel Scandinavia, New Danish Screen
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Wergeland Film
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Angel Scandinavia
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New Danish Screen
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Det Danske Filminstitut
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Denmark
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Danish
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Danish
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Denmark · May 24, 2018
Theatrical
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