THE BOSS OF IT ALL
synopsis
The owner of an IT firm wants to sell out. The trouble is that when he established his firm he invented a non-existent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed taking. When the potential purchaser insists on negotiating with the 'president' face to face, the owner has to take on a failed actor to play the part. The actor suddenly discovers he is a pawn in a game that goes on to sorely test his (lack of) moral fibre.
international title: | The Boss of it All |
original title: | Direktøren for det hele |
country: | Denmark, Sweden |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lars von Trier |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | DK 08/12/2006, IS 08/12/2006, IT 05/01/2007, FR 28/02/2007, HU 15/03/2007, ES 16/03/2007, CZ 29/03/2007, NL 10/05/2007 |
screenplay: | Lars von Trier |
cast: | Jens Albinus, Jean-Marc Barr, Casper Christensen, Benedikt Erlingsson, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, Peter Gantzler |
cinematography by: | Lars von Trier |
film editing: | Molly Malene Stensgård |
art director: | Simone Grau |
producer: | Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, Vibeke Windeløv, Signe Leick Jensen, Lene Børglum |
production: | Zentropa Entertainments, Zentropa Entertainments2 ApS |
backing: | Danish Film Institute (DK), MEDIA PLUS |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution, Lucky Red (IT), Golem (ES), A-Film Distribution (NL), ArtCam (CZ) |