Constance (1998 film)
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| Constance | |
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| Directed by | Knud Vesterskov |
| Produced by | Lene Børglum Peter Aalbæk Jensen Lars von Trier |
| Written by | Knud Vesterskov |
| Starring | Katja Kean Anaïs Mark Duran Niels Dencker |
| Music by | Peter Kyed Peter Peter |
| Cinematography | Steen Møller Rasmussen |
| Editing by | Rikke Malene Nielsen |
| Distributed by | Team Video Plus (Denmark) Magma (Germany) |
| Release date(s) | 1998 (Denmark) |
| Running time | 70 mins |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| IMDb profile | |
Constance (1998) is an erotic film for women, directed by Knud Vesterskov and produced by Puzzy Power, a division of Lars von Trier's film company Zentropa. It was the first hardcore pornographic film ever to have been produced by an established mainstream film studio[1].
Constance is based on the Puzzy Power Manifesto developed by Zentropa in 1997, as were Zentropa's two other sex films for women: Pink Prison (1999) and All About Anna (2005).
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[edit] Plot
It tells the story of a young woman, Constance (Anaïs), who arrives at the house of the experienced Lola (Katja Kean), where she is initiated into the mysteries of sexuality. The story is told in flashback via a framing devise with lyrical diary excerpts and narration read by mainstream actresses Christiane Bjørg Nielsen and Hella Joof (in the English-language version Susan Olsen and Helle Fagralid).
[edit] Critical reception
Constance became a huge success, especially in Scandinavia, and was nominated for three AVN Awards: Best Art Direction - Video, Best Music and Best Videography.
In 2006, the film's artistic merits were partly responsible for porn being legalized in Norway[2].
In September 2007, Germany's biggest weekly magazine Stern wrote: "Women too like to see other people having sex. What they don’t like is the endless close-ups of hammering bodyparts without a story. Lars von Trier is the first to have realised this and produced valuable quality porn films for women."[3]
[edit] Trivia
The film's executive producer Lene Børglum later co-executive produced such major projects as the Lars von Trier/Nicole Kidman-movie Dogville (2003).
[edit] External links
- Constance at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Constance site
- Norwegian Media Authority none-censorship decision
[edit] References
- ^ AVN Europe, November 2007, page 13
- ^ Norwegian Media Authority none-censorship decision
- ^ Stern #40, 27.9.2007
