From the creators of CLOWN!!! Read the full article on AICN Jesper Rofelt’s DAN-DREAM is a hilarious Danish film about the creation of “The First Electric Car.”  The film is set in Denmark of 1981, which means, of course, it’s no where near the story of the first electric car, which first came about in 1832.  And back in the era when gas powered cars had to be started with hand-cranks – it looked like the Electric car was going to go somewhere, until the US highway system gave people a desire to go more than 40 miles at a time.   But enough history, let’s talk DAN-DREAM.   This comes to us from the writing/acting team of the hilarious Danish comedy, CLOWN.  I wouldn’t say DAN-DREAM is as outrageous as that, nor would it be anything approaching that level of risqué.   Instead we get the story led by screenwriter/actor Casper Christensen playing Thorkil Bonnesen, an inventor/entrepreneur who happens to meet screenwriter & actor Frank Hvam playing Jens Knagstrup at a gas station… only Jens is riding an electric bicycle that gives him the inspiration to “make the first electric car!”   Thorkil brings in Magnus Millang as Vonsil, a one armed auto-mechanic who is also racist and sexist through and through.  There’s also a Designer with a pet rabbit, that ends up in hijinks.  A small town mayor that happens to be an abusive husband.  I wish I had images on IMDB of the actresses in DAN-DREAM – because collectively and individually – they rule.     The film begins in Copenhagen, then transitions to a smaller, more Finish the article on AICN

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