Danish film "The Last Viking" (previously titled "Back to Reality") is in post-production. The dark comedy is another entry in the long-running collaboration between actor Mads Mikkelsen and writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen. In "The Last Viking", Mikkelsen plays a mentally ill thief who cannot remember where the loot from his last robbery is stashed. His brother, played by Nikolaj Lie Kass, is newly released from prison and has to try to retrieve the information. The film is slated for release in the fall of 2025.
Here's a quote from Jensen on his working method - "I don't see myself as a provocateur. When I talk to academics or journalists that issue comes up, but my audience doesn't think about the issue of political correctness or how my films may or may not challenge it. I've no deliberate intention of challenging niceties. It's not about challenging what's politically correct, but about working with what's really funny." (Taken from the book "The Danish Directors, Vol. 2")
