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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Winner of the World Cinema Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Mads Brügger’s documentary follows a trio of Danish comedians as they pretend to be regime sympathizers and mount an absurd variety show in North Korea. Combining the muckracking spirit of Michael Moore with the confrontational comedy of Borat, The Red Chapel is an unco...

Directed By: Mads Brügger

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

The Red Chapel

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Summary Winner of the World Cinema Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Mads Brügger’s documentary follows a trio of Danish comedians as they pretend to be regime sympathizers and mount an absurd variety show in North Korea. Combining the muckracking spirit of Michael Moore with the confrontational comedy of Borat, The Red Chapel is an unco...

Directed By: Mads Brügger

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Jan 3, 2011
For boldness of execution as well as vision, The Red Chapel stands out as a singular, important comedy.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 3, 2011
Uniting Sacha Baron Cohen's daredevilry with Werner Herzog's bombast, Brügger aims to expose "the evilness of North Korea" with a gloriously incoherent, kazoo-and-whoopee-cushion–inflected stage show starring a self-proclaimed "spastic."
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 3, 2011
The Red Chapel becomes an infectiously funny, gonzo glimpse into the sausage-making process of propaganda.
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Jan 3, 2011
The product - sloppy even by guerrilla filmmaking standards - has no revelations to offer that are worth the slog of watching it.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Danmarks Radio (DR), Film i Väst, Zentropa Productions
Release Date Dec 29, 2010
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.theredchapel.com/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Camerimage
• 1 Nomination

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