Film

Cane Fire Film Series presents ’A War’

The Cane Fire Film Series screens the Danish military drama A War on Monday, May 9 at the AcA.

For the month of May, the Cane Fire Film Series will screen the Danish military drama A War by celebrated director Tobias Lindholm.

Company commander Claus M. Pedersen, played by Pilou Asbæk, and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark, Claus’ wife Maria, portrayed by Tuva Novotny, is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father.

During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family back home.

In 2010, Tobias Lindholm both helmed and wrote the prison drama R, which was a collaborative work with director Michael Noer. The same year, he served as episode writer on the hit series Borgen in 2010, and in 2012 he wrote and directed A Hijacking, which received both national and international acclaim, winning a Critics' Award for Best Danish Film as well as five Danish Academy Awards.

As Lindholm did with R and A Hijacking, he once again employs those who have been closest to the conflict. In A War, he uses Danish soldiers and Taliban warriors, relatives and refugees, as he strives towards realism.

The Cane Fire Film Series presents A War on Monday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Acadiana Center for the Arts, located at 101 W. Vermilion St., in Downtown Lafayette. Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. For more information, visit AcadianaCenterfortheArts.org.