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 "excerpt": "Another Round (Druk) is a 2020 Danish-Swedish comedy-drama by Thomas Vinterberg starring Mads Mikkelsen as a teacher testing a 0.05% blood alcohol theory; Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film.",
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 "markdown": "# Another Round\n\n**Another Round** (Danish: *Druk*) is a 2020 Danish-Swedish comedy-drama film directed by [Thomas Vinterberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/thomas-vinterberg), in which four middle-aged high school teachers test the theory that a constant low level of alcohol in the blood improves their lives.<sup>[1](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)</sup> Vinterberg wrote the screenplay with his regular collaborator Tobias Lindholm, and [Mads Mikkelsen](https://www.edgepedia.org/mads-mikkelsen) stars as Martin, a once brilliant teacher who has become world-weary and withdrawn.<sup>[2](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/press-detail/?filmname=another-round)</sup> The film won the 2021 [Academy Award for Best International Feature Film](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-international-feature-film).<sup>[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/awards/)</sup>\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | *Druk* (Danish); released internationally as *Another Round*<sup>[1](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)</sup> |\n| Director and writers | Thomas Vinterberg; screenplay by Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm<sup>[1](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)</sup> |\n| Cast | Mads Mikkelsen (Martin), Thomas Bo Larsen (Tommy), Lars Ranthe (Peter), Magnus Millang (Nicolaj), Maria Bonnevie (Anika)<sup>[1](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)</sup> |\n| Runtime and language | 116 minutes, in Danish<sup>[1](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)</sup> |\n| Premise | Four teachers maintain a constant blood alcohol level to test Finn Skårderud's theory that humans are born with a 0.05% blood alcohol deficiency<sup>[4](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-03/another-round-review-mads-mikkelsen)</sup> |\n| Major awards | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (2021); nominated for Best Achievement in Directing<sup>[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/awards/)</sup> |\n| Danish performance | 800,000 admissions locally plus over 73,000 digital copies sold; Vinterberg's greatest cinema success to date<sup>[5](https://zentropa.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TRUSTNORDISK-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf)</sup> |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and story\n\nThe film follows four friends, all teachers in middle age and stuck in a rut, who embark on an experiment drawn from the Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud, who asserted that human beings are born with a blood alcohol level 0.05% too low and would be better off slightly drunk.<sup>[4](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-03/another-round-review-mads-mikkelsen)</sup> The group sets rules for the experiment: drinking in the morning is encouraged, everyone stops at eight in the evening, the regimen favored by [Ernest Hemingway](https://www.edgepedia.org/ernest-hemingway), and no one drinks to the point of being knee-walking drunk, at least at first.<sup>[6](https://time.com/5947965/another-round-review/)</sup>\n\nAt first the results are encouraging: Martin becomes a looser, livelier teacher, and the men find renewed energy in their work and homes.<sup>[6](https://time.com/5947965/another-round-review/)</sup> As the group escalates the experiment, long-simmering problems come to a head, and the men face a choice between reckoning with their behavior and continuing on the same course.<sup>[2](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/press-detail/?filmname=another-round)</sup> Vinterberg's stated aim was a dual one: to salute alcohol's ability to set people free while acknowledging that people die from, and are destroyed by, excessive drinking.<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup> The director described the film's approach as humorous and, in some eyes, scandalous toward a serious topic.<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup>\n\n## Production\n\nVinterberg, a co-founder of the [Dogme 95](https://www.edgepedia.org/dogme-95) movement, worked again with Mikkelsen after *The Hunt* (2012), which had won Mikkelsen the Best Actor prize at Cannes.<sup>[6](https://time.com/5947965/another-round-review/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup> Vinterberg writes his scripts for specific actors: the four leads carried their own real names in the script until three weeks before shooting.<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup> Mikkelsen, a former professional dancer, performed the film's celebrated closing dance himself, with no dance doubles; the director had always planned for one character to die and one to fly, ending the film in a kind of ecstasy without a moral verdict.<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup>\n\nThe entire film was shot hand-held by Norwegian cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, who had won a Silver Bear for his work on *Victoria* (2015).<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://filmbath.org.uk/filmnotes/another-round)</sup> The camera was directed to follow the alcohol curve, swaying and swaggering drunkenly as the characters drink and turning gray and noisome when they are sober.<sup>[7](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)</sup>\n\nThe film was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing for Zentropa, in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa Sweden, Topkapi Films, and Zentropa Netherlands, with support from the Danish Film Institute, TV 2 Denmark, Eurimages, and the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.<sup>[5](https://zentropa.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TRUSTNORDISK-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf)</sup>\n\n## Release and reception\n\n*Druk* premiered in Denmark on 24 September 2020, followed by releases in Estonia, France, Norway, and other European territories through 2021.<sup>[9](https://cineuropa.org/film/387822/)</sup> Samuel Goldwyn Films gave it a US theatrical release on 4 December 2020 and a VOD release on 18 December 2020.<sup>[2](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/press-detail/?filmname=another-round)</sup> Despite pandemic-era restrictions, the film sold 800,000 admissions in Denmark and became the best-selling film digitally in that country.<sup>[5](https://zentropa.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TRUSTNORDISK-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf)</sup>\n\n**Awards.** At the 93rd Academy Awards the film won Best International Feature Film as Denmark's submission and was nominated for Best Achievement in Directing.<sup>[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/awards/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-03/another-round-review-mads-mikkelsen)</sup> It won four [European Film Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/european-film-awards) for 2020, for Best Film, Direction, Actor (Mikkelsen), and [Screenplay](https://www.edgepedia.org/screenplay).<sup>[10](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film875031.html)</sup> At the Danish Film Awards 2021 it took five Roberts (Robert Awards, Denmark's film prizes), including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Male Lead, and Best Editor.<sup>[5](https://zentropa.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TRUSTNORDISK-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf)</sup> It also won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language, the Goya for Best European Film, and the Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film.<sup>[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/awards/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[11](https://europeanscreen.com/titles/another-round/)</sup>\n\nCritical reception was broadly positive but not uniform. Reviewers praised Mikkelsen's performance and the film's balance of comedy and melancholy; Screen Daily called it a funny film that is also desperately sad, while Variety found the concept underdeveloped.<sup>[12](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/another-round/)</sup> The Time review of March 2021, published ahead of the Oscars, argued that the film's chief focus is the mild tragedy of middle-aged invisibility rather than alcoholism, and questioned why the movie exists despite Mikkelsen's acting.<sup>[6](https://time.com/5947965/another-round-review/)</sup> The film has an IMDb rating of 7.7 from about 231,000 votes and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93 percent.<sup>[13](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/another-round)</sup>\n\n## English-language remake\n\nAn American remake has been in development. In January 2024 it was reported that the English-language remake was lined up with [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://www.edgepedia.org/leonardo-dicaprio) and Jennifer Davisson attached as producers through DiCaprio's production company.<sup>[14](https://www.thelocal.dk/20240130/hit-danish-film-another-round-lined-up-for-dicaprio-produced-remake)</sup> The Danish trade press reported that the comedian and actor [Chris Rock](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-rock) had been announced as director, prompting concern among some about the project.<sup>[15](https://arkaden.dk/film-og-serier/druk-another-round-hvad-er-status/)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND), Festival de Cannes film page](https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/druk/)\n2. [Another Round press detail, Samuel Goldwyn Films](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/press-detail/?filmname=another-round)\n3. [Another Round (2020) Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/awards/)\n4. ['Another Round' review: Mads Mikkelsen stars in Danish dramedy, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-03/another-round-review-mads-mikkelsen)\n5. [TrustNordisk press release, Zentropa](https://zentropa.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TRUSTNORDISK-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf)\n6. [Mads Mikkelsen Can Do Anything. But He's Stuck in the Boring Oscar-Nominated Another Round, TIME](https://time.com/5947965/another-round-review/)\n7. [ANOTHER ROUND press notes (PDF), Samuel Goldwyn Films](https://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ANOTHER-ROUND-__-Press-Notes.pdf)\n8. [Film Notes: Another Round / Druk, FilmBath](https://filmbath.org.uk/filmnotes/another-round)\n9. [Another Round (Druk), Cineuropa](https://cineuropa.org/film/387822/)\n10. [Another Round (2020), Filmaffinity](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film875031.html)\n11. [Another Round, European Screen](https://europeanscreen.com/titles/another-round/)\n12. [Another Round Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/another-round/)\n13. [Another Round streaming: where to watch online?, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/another-round)\n14. [Hit Danish film 'Another Round' lined up for DiCaprio-produced remake, The Local Denmark](https://www.thelocal.dk/20240130/hit-danish-film-another-round-lined-up-for-dicaprio-produced-remake)\n15. 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