The St. Bernard Syndicate/Sankt Bernhard Syndikatet | Wayward Endeavors: Comedies from the North

In this new odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier, subversive satirist Madd Brugger charts the course two hapless Danes’ scheme to sell Saint Bernards to China’s middle class. When overachieving bumbler Frederik hatches a plan to breed the animals in the lucrative Chinese pet industry, he finds an unexpected business mate in former classmate Rasmus, who has some secrets of his own. Accompanied by a 225-pound St. Bernard named Dollar, the two entrepreneurs head to Chongqing, hub of the Chinese Great Belt project, where their plans don’t go quite as expected.

As Frederik and Rasmus navigate cross-cultural encounters, animal business politics, and a calamitous sales launch, an unlikely friendship forms across their journey to make a profit from the “pandas of the West.” Directed by Mads Brügger (Denmark, 2018); winner of Best Actor & Best Screenplay, Tribeca Film Festival, and President’s Award for Best Comedy, The Fort Lauderdale IFF.











When: Fri., Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America
58 Park Ave.
212-779-3587
Price: $7-$12
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In this new odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier, subversive satirist Madd Brugger charts the course two hapless Danes’ scheme to sell Saint Bernards to China’s middle class. When overachieving bumbler Frederik hatches a plan to breed the animals in the lucrative Chinese pet industry, he finds an unexpected business mate in former classmate Rasmus, who has some secrets of his own. Accompanied by a 225-pound St. Bernard named Dollar, the two entrepreneurs head to Chongqing, hub of the Chinese Great Belt project, where their plans don’t go quite as expected.

As Frederik and Rasmus navigate cross-cultural encounters, animal business politics, and a calamitous sales launch, an unlikely friendship forms across their journey to make a profit from the “pandas of the West.” Directed by Mads Brügger (Denmark, 2018); winner of Best Actor & Best Screenplay, Tribeca Film Festival, and President’s Award for Best Comedy, The Fort Lauderdale IFF.

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