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Are You Afraid?

This documentary examines a feature of Danish life in the late '60s and early '70s: the political commune. In a series of stiff and unrevealing interviews with members of the Kloevedal Commune, "Mao's Pleasure," director Carlssen seeks to discover why they have chosen to live communally. Turning the tables on the director, members of the commune also interview people who live ordinary, middle-class lives, ostensibly to find out why they chose their "lifestyles." Other footage concerns the Annisse Commune, a less radical organization which predates the Kloevedal Commune by decades. A highlight of the film is an interview with a very old woman who lives with and talks chiefly with her cats.

Top Cast

  • Ebbe Kløvedal Reich

    Ebbe Kløvedal Reich

    Self

  • Lene Kløvedal

    Lene Kløvedal

    Self

  • Nils Kløvedal

    Nils Kløvedal

    Self

  • Hanne Kløvedal

    Hanne Kløvedal

    Self

  • Knud Kløvedal

    Knud Kløvedal

    Self

  • Mette Kløvedal

    Mette Kløvedal

    Self

  • Kristian Kløvedal

    Kristian Kløvedal

    Self

  • Henning Carlsen

    Henning Carlsen

    Self

  • Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen

    Erik Haunstrup Clemmensen

    Self

Overview

This documentary examines a feature of Danish life in the late '60s and early '70s: the political commune. In a series of stiff and unrevealing interviews with members of the Kloevedal Commune, "Mao's Pleasure," director Carlssen seeks to discover why they have chosen to live communally. Turning the tables on the director, members of the commune also interview people who live ordinary, middle-class lives, ostensibly to find out why they chose their "lifestyles." Other footage concerns the Annisse Commune, a less radical organization which predates the Kloevedal Commune by decades. A highlight of the film is an interview with a very old woman who lives with and talks chiefly with her cats.

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