Dirch

I slutningen af 1950'erne tager komikerduoen Kellerdirk danskerne med storm. Parringen af den intense Kjeld Petersen og det lange hyl Dirch Passer tager kegler både på og uden for scenen, men hvor Passer elsker at klovne for publikum, mener Petersen sig for fin til den lette metier. Da Kjeld pludselig dør i 1961, føler Dirch sig forladt og alene i verden - uanset hvor mange kvinder han søger trøst hos.

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.

La biografía del cómico danés Dirch Passer, que ha sido la producción danesa más vista de 2011.

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