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Flame and Citron
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74 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: Based on true events and developed from eyewitness accounts during World War II, Ole Christian Madsen's political thriller Flame & Citron is an ultra-stylized and remarkable spy noir about the murky moral complexities of wartime. Copenhagen, 1944. World War II is entering its final stretch in Europe. Denmark is occupied by Nazi Germany. Two resistance fighters nicknamed Flame and Citron become heroes of the underground dealing violently with traitors to their cause. When the pair is sent to execute Flame's lover Ketty, the line between ally and enemy is blurred forcing them to determine their own orders which starts with killing the much hated and feared chief of the Gestapo - Karl Heinz Hoffman. Variety's Todd McCarthy calls it, "Absorbing...accomplished. More than enough dark turns and unsettling moods to justify the comparison to Melville's ARMY OF SHADOWS." (IFC Films)… Expand
  • Director: Ole Christian Madsen
  • Genre(s): Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, War
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 130 min
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    100
    Though the material might lend itself to heavy-handedness, director Ole Christian Madsen is steady, and he gets fine performances from the two leads and Stengade.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Erica Abeel
    90
    This searing, stylish account of World War II heroism from Denmark's Ole Christian Madsen avoids period realism, conveying the story of two heroes of the Danish resistance as a noir thriller, complete with shadowy alleys, double-crosses galore and the requisite femme fatale.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    As directed by Ole Christian Madsen, the thriller features well-choreographed shootouts and assassinations. But the script is too melodramatic and complicated for its own good.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. DamienB
    10
    Rich, satisfying and complex on so many thematic and narrative levels. Loved it!
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  2. ElizabethR
    9
    Totally absorbing but sometimes confusing...
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  3. EdS
    8
    Thoughtful and action-packed, a bit overlong; lifted the veil on a neglected corner of WWII history and its protagonists. For resistance fighters, the challenges were as much psychological as physical, if not more so. I actually enjoyed this even more than "Army of Shadows." I found the femme-fatale bit a tad overdone, and i did wonder where all that plentiful tobacco and alcohol, and the handsome tweeds and trenchcoats, came from in an occupied country in wartime. (When I spent a summer in nearby Norway in 1968, smokers generally rolled their own cigarettes -- ready-mades cost too much!)… Expand
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