Reportedly the highest grossing film in Denmark's history, TWIST & SHOUT is set in that country in 1963, when the music of the Beatles filled the streets and teenagers found themselves growing up a bit too fast. Bjorn (Adam Tonsberg) and Erik (Lars Simonsen) are the closest of friends,
standing by each other through good times and bad. Erik is the worse off--his mother is mentally ill, his father is perversely repressive--and, as a result, has been browbeaten into a pathetic excuse for a young man. The one girl Erik wants--the prissy, rich Kirsten (Ulrikke Juul Bondo)--is dead
set on getting Bjorn to marry her. Bjorn, however, is infatuated with Anna (Camilla Soebe...
Released:
1984
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins