Druk (2020)'s activity

Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round (Druk, so if Swedish, literally Drunk; if in Danish, Binge Drinking) has a premise that, in some ways, feels like one of those 1950s B-movies', where some scientist experiments on himself. There's the elation of having it working until the consequences start happening. In this case, Mads Mikkelsen is a depressed history teacher who has become tedious in class and at home, until his friends convince him to try one famous thinker's contentions that man was born with an alcohol deficiency and therefore keeping a certain level up will make him a better, more adventurous, person. They all try it with various results, but it's Mikkelsen we care about - finding his mojo back, perhaps getting a shot a third act romance in his own marriage, while we fear the inevitable crash - social or physical - that comes with substance abuse. The film is surprisingly fair. Some people do better with a drink in them - this is no PSA - but the dangers are spelled out too, and buried in there is the notion that perhaps the characters only needed a bit of euphoria to get them back on course. Very original, I was fully, FULLY invested. Worth it ALONE for Mads dancing up a storm.

A decade back, I used to rate Foreign language movies as 9 or 10
Who would have thought, today I rate them 4 or 5 haha

A true reflection of European drinking culture.