The use of animation, unique in a documentary, masks his identity. He shares his story for the first time with a close childhood friend, the filmmaker. It’s the story of an Afghan refugee boy who makes a home in Denmark but carries scars and a secret that haunts him. 'Old Henry's Tim Blake Nelson On The Elevated Western Reflecting The Current World And "That Desire To Keep Others Away"įlee took the Sundance Grand Jury Word Cinema prize for documentary and continues to gather accolades, most recently a Gotham Best Documentary win, the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression award, and Best Non-Fiction Film from the New York Film Critics Circle. It’s at 98% with critics with an 83% audience score so far on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile it stays small, focused in NY and LA (AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika Film Center, AMC Sunset 5, The Landmark), giving the super-specialized film by Jonas Poher Rasmussen a long runway to accumulate critical buzz.
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The distributor is “very happy with the opening and looking forward to expanding the movie in late January,” he said.
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It’s one of a few rather particular offerings, including Drive My Car, that distributors are tending to carefully with slow platform releasing to best capitalize on growing word of mouth as the films continue to accumulate awards and word of mouth.Ī rep for Neon called Flee, Denmark’s foreign film Oscar entry, “an amazing cinematic unicorn” given its rare shot at nods in three Oscar categories - documentary, animated and foreign language film. That makes for a strong per-theater average of $6,258 ahead of a rollout early next year for the much-decorated Danish film ahead of Academy Award nominations Feb. Neon and Participant opened animated documentary Flee to a $25,033 debut in four locations.