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The Boss of It All

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face the owner has to hire a failed actor to play the part.

Top Cast

  • Jens Albinus

    Jens Albinus

    The Boss of it All / Kristoffer / Svend E

  • Peter Gantzler

    Peter Gantzler

    Ravn

  • Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

    Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

    Finnur

  • Benedikt Erlingsson

    Benedikt Erlingsson

    Interpreter

  • Iben Hjejle

    Iben Hjejle

    Lise

  • Henrik Prip

    Henrik Prip

    Nalle

  • Mia Lyhne

    Mia Lyhne

    Heidi A.

  • Casper Christensen

    Casper Christensen

    Gorm

  • Louise Mieritz

    Louise Mieritz

    Mette

Overview

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face the owner has to hire a failed actor to play the part.

Rating

6.6 / 10
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1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • badelf
    badelf
    9 Jan 20, 2025

    The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantles artistic pretension with surgical comedic precision. The film opens with von Trier himself, reflected in a window, perched in a cherry picker camera dolly - a literal deus ex machina, playing God while simultaneously mocking the very concept of directorial omnipotence. Here, he's gleefully playing God and immediately undermining himself. Using Automavision, a computer program that randomly determines camera angles, von Trier literally relinquishes directorial control. It's a brilliant mirror of the film's narrative: Ravn hiring an actor to be a fictional boss, thus avoiding personal responsibility. The director becomes just another actor in his own absurdist play. Kristoffer, the hired "boss", embodies this perfectly. "I have to consult my character," he says - a line that skewers both corporate role-playing and Dogme 95's Rule 6, which demands that action must be motivated solely by character emotion. It's a delicious mockery of the very artistic constraints von Trier champions. Ultimately, von Trier's message is disarmingly simple: Don't take life - or art - so seriously. It's only life, after all. It may even mirror the "senior six" throwing the beloved Teddy Bear over the cliff. A comedy that's also a profound philosophical joke? This is vintage Lars von Trier!

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