Kira's Reason: A Love Story

Kira's reason - a love story
Front cover of the DVD
Directed by	Ole Christian Madsen
Produced by	Bo Ehrhardt Morten Kaufmann
Written by	Ole Christian Madsen Mogens Rukov
Starring	Stine Stengade Lars Mikkelsen Camilla Bendix
Music by	Øyvind Ougard Cesar Berti
Cinematography	Jørgen Johanssen
Edited by	Søren B. Ebbe
Distributed by	Nimbus Film
Release dates	26 October 2001
Running time	93 min.
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

Kira's Reason - A Love Story (Danish: En Kærlighedshistorie) is a 2001 Danish drama directed by Ole Christian Madsen and written by Madsen and Mogens Rukov. The film stars Stine Stengade in a character study of a young mother who, released after two years a psychiatric ward, struggles to hold her marriage, family and life intact. Filmed using the minimalist techniques of the Dogme 95 movement, Kira's Reason is also known as Dogme #21. Kira's Reason won both the Bodil and Robert Awards as the Best Danish Film of 2001. For her leading performance, Stengade received the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Actress.

Cast

Actor	Role
Stine Stengade	Kira
Lars Mikkelsen	Mads
Sven Wollter	Kira's Father
Peaches Latrice Petersen	Kay
Camilla Bendix	Charlotte
Lotte Bergstrøm	Michelle
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	Gustav
Ronnie Lorenzen	Mikkel (as Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen)
Oliver Appelt Nielsen	Julius
Klaus Pagh	Mads' Boss
Claus Strandberg	1st Supplier
Henrik Birch	2nd Supplier
Michael Hasselflug	3rd Supplier
Helle Merete Sørensen	Wife of 1st Supplier
Nicolas Bro	John

External links

En Kærlighedshistorie at IMDb
En Kærlighedshistorie at Den Danske Film Database
En Kærlighedshistorie at Det Danske Filminstitut (in Danish)
Kira's reason - a love story at AllMovie

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

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2000s	2000 The One and Only 2001 The Bench 2002 Kira's Reason: A Love Story 2003 Open Hearts 2004 Dogville 2005 King's Game 2006 Manslaughter 2007 A Soap 2008 The Art of Crying 2009 Terribly Happy

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