History Film / AdamsApples

''Adam's Apples'' ([=Adams Æbler=]) is a dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Creator/AndersThomasJensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

* WideEyedIdealist: Ivan, in Adam's eyes. He resolutely refuses to see bad in anyone or anything, to the point of completely denying it.

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''Adam's Apples'' ([=Adams Æbler=]) is a dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

->''Ivan:''' The devil is testing us.\\

''Adam's Apples'' (Adams Æbler) is a dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

''Adam's Apples'' (Adams Æbler) is a dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

-> ''- The devil is testing us.''
-> ''- By stopping me from baking a cake?''

''Adam's Apples'' (Adams Æbler) is a dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

* BornUnlucky: Ivan, whose life seems to be a long streak of bad luck.

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and starring Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} from 2005 with Creator/MadsMikkelsen and Creator/UlrichThomsen.

It tells the story of the Neo-Nazi criminal, Adam (Thomsen), freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish (Mikkelsen), joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief in the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, while the second believes only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger the tension is between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong {{A|nAesop}}esopian element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} with Creator/MadsMikkelsen.

It tells the story of a Neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief in the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, while the second believes only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger the tension is between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong {{A|nAesop}}esopian element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} telling the story of a Neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief in the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, while the second believes only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger the tension is between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong {{A|nAesop}}esopian element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

* WideEyedIdealist: Ivan, in Adam's eyes. He resolutely refuses to see bad in anyone or anything, to the point of completely denying it.

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} telling the story of a Neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief in the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, while the second believes only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger the tension is between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong [[AnAesop Aesopian]] element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Eventually it happens to Ivan after a BreakingSpeech by Adam]].

* MessianicArchetype: Ivan, a special case of [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Everyone Being Jesus In Purgatory]] (even though he is more strongly suggested to be a Job).

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} telling the story of a neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief of the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, while the second believes only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger is the tension between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong [[AnAesop Aesopian]] element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

%%* BaldOfEvil: Adam, in the beginning.

%%* BornUnlucky: Ivan.

%%* ButtMonkey: Ivan.
%%* CosmicPlaything

%%* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Eventually happens to Ivan]].

* DeusExMachina: The ending. Alternatively, and this is what Adam is suggested to think, [[spoiler:the actual Deus was involved]].

%%* DrivenToSuicide: Ivan's wife.
%%* EvilCannotComprehendGood

%%* GodIsEvil: Adam's initial version.
%%* GodIsGood: Ivan's initial belief.
%%* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Sarah.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Adam]].
%%* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace

%%* TheLostLenore: Ivan's wife.

%%* {{Minimalism}}

%%* ParentalObliviousness: Taken to extremes in Ivan's case.
%%* ThePollyanna: Ivan.

%%* PreacherMan: Ivan.
* PreachersKid: Totally {{subverted}}. Poor Christopher does not have many opportunities to be neither very good nor very bad.
%%* ReformedCriminal: Adam.

%%* WideEyedIdealist: Ivan, in Adam's eyes.

* [[spoiler:ReformedCriminal]]: Adam.

* BaldOfEvil: Adam, in the beginning.

* BornUnlucky: Ivan.

* ButtMonkey: Ivan.
* CosmicPlaything
* ConsultingMisterPuppet: Gunnar and his cat.
* CrapsackWorld
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Eventually happens to Ivan]].
* DeusAngstMachina: Very much.

* DramaticThunder
* DrivenToSuicide: Ivan's wife.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood

* GodIsEvil: Adam's initial version.
* GodIsGood: Ivan's initial belief.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Sarah.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Adam]].
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace

* TheLostLenore: Ivan's wife.

* {{Minimalism}}
* NaziGrandpa: Paul.
* ParentalObliviousness: Taken to extremes in Ivan's case.
* ThePollyanna: Ivan.

* PreacherMan: Ivan.

* RuleOfSymbolism
* SanctuaryOfSolitude: Ivan's church for Ivan.
* StickyFingers: Gunnar.
* TeamPet: Gunnar's cat.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Adam and Paul.
* VillainProtagonist: Adam.
* WideEyedIdealist: Ivan, in Adam's eyes.

* [[FeatheredFiend Feathered Fiends]]: The CreepyCrows attacking the apple tree.

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples

* AsTheGoodBookSays: after all, Ivan's a preacher.
* TheAtoner: in a way, all the characters except Ivan and his son (and maybe Dr. Kolberg).

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: this is how Adam interprets Ivan's behaviour.

* BreakTheCutie: what Adam tries to do to Ivan.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:eventually happens to Ivan]].
* DeusAngstMachina: very much.
* DeusExMachina: the ending. (Alternatively, and this is what Adam is suggested to think, [[spoiler:the actual Deus was involved]].)

* [[FeatheredFiend Feathered Fiends]]: the CreepyCrows attacking the apple tree.

* ImpossibleTask: played with. Making an apple pie seems absurdly simple for an ultimate task a of a time spent on community service, but in the end turns out to be almost impossible.
* InMysteriousWays: possibly [[AnAesop the Aesop]] of the whole movie.

* ParentalObliviousness: taken to extremes in Ivan's case.

* PreachersKid: totally subverted. Poor Christopher does not have many opportunities to be neither very good nor very bad.

* [[FeatheredFiend Feathered Fiends]]: the [[RavensAndCrows crows]] attacking the apple tree.

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} telling the story of a neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief of the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, and the second believing only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger is the tension between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong [[AnAesop Aesopian]] element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]].

* DeusExMachina: the ending. (Alternatively, and this is what Adam is suggested to think, [[spoiler:the actual Deus was involved.]])

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: especially Ivan.

* MessianicArchetype: Ivan (even though he is more strongly suggested to be a Job).

* StoicWoobie: Ivan.

A dense Danish {{Dramedy}} telling the story of a neo-Nazi criminal freshly released from prison, who is ordered to do some community service under the supervision of a pastor in a small village parish, joins the community of social outcasts sharing the same fate, and chooses as his goal making an apple pie out of the apples growing in the parish's orchard. The main source of drama in the movie comes from the exploration of the differences between the characters and beliefs of both men, one of whom, in spite of his unusually thorny life, has an unshaken belief of the ultimate goodness of God and his creation, and the second believing only in physical strength and determination. They do not discuss much, but the more they come to know each other the stronger is the tension between them, which results in an unexpected ending with a strong [[AnAesop Aesopian]] element which [[GainaxEnding leaves more questions than it solves]] (though, as usual in such cases, YourMileageMayVary).