9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
15 April 2007 (2007-04-15) (Denmark)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
Denmark
Language
Danish
The Art of Crying (Danish: Kunsten at Græde i Kor) is a 2006 Danish tragicomedy directed by Peter Schønau Fog.[1] It stars Jannik Lorenzen [da] and Jesper Asholt in a harsh tale about an 11-year-old boy's struggle to hold intact his bizarre family with its abusive father, mother in denial, and rebellious sister during the social unrest of the early 1970s.[2] Based upon an autobiographical novel by Erling Jepsen, the screenplay was written by Bo Hr. Hansen [da].[3]
^Jørholt, Eva (2010). "Peter Schønau Fog". In Mette Hjort (ed.). The Danish Directors: Dialogues on a Contemporary National Cinema. Intellect Books. pp. 95–108. ISBN978-1-84150-271-7.
^Langkjær, Birger (2012). Realismen i dansk film. Samfundslitteratur. pp. 464–5. ISBN978-87-593-1598-9.