A FUNNY MAN

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, "A Funny Man" uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience's needs. His talent is both a blessing and a curse – as he swallowed the instant adoration for his on-stage gags, Lommer (Lars Brygmann), his producer, and others around him feed off his success; a mélange of wealth, women, alcohol and infamy. Unaccepting of his designated role in society Dirch does everything he can to be taken seriously. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.