Four teachers decide to test a theory by Norwegian psychologist Skårderud about alcohol deficiency in the human body. It proposes that humans are born with a 0.5% blood alcohol content shortage in the body. With scientific spirit and enthusiasm, the coworkers observe how a measured consumption of alcohol improves their social and professional lives – regaining exhausted motivation, self-confidence and connection with their students, but the social experiment soon spirals out of control…
Released in 2020, the film by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has become a modern classic, winning the Academy Award for Best International Feature and the European Film Award for Best Film.
Performance in Latvian with English surtitles.
An Unusual Comedy About the Life of Men.
Authors - Thomas Vinterberg, Claus Flygare.
Directed by Gatis Šmits.