Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s, Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. In this both exhilarating and angst-provoking period for him, Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry. Frequently, he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him. He encounters trade union disputes, falls in love and experiences self-assured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment. The film is a drama full of comedy - a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision.
as Erik Nietzsche
as Zelko
as Mads
as Hans Jørgen
as Selkoff
as Bent
as Göran
as Karin
as Margrethe
as Anna
as Stine
as Narrator (voice)
as Katrine Bonfils
as Sammy
as Ursula Østdal
as Filosofilærer
as Troels Højbjerg
as Lille Fotograf
as Malene Sønder
as Thorvald
as Bo
as Secretary
