The Gentle Pain (2019): cast, story & where to watch
2019 · Film
Released in 2019, The Gentle Pain is a notable film directed by Carsten Brandt, running about 280 minutes.
What it’s about. One can't help wondering whether, some quarter-century ago, Carsten Brandt had the slightest inkling of the epic dimension the project he was then starting to conceive – The Gentle Pain – would take on in the subsequent decades. For it became epic in just about every sense of the word: the film is very long; it tells a multi-layered story characterised as much by its digressions as by its main narrative thread, which concerns a filmmaker’s attempts to make sense of the life of Thorkild Hansen, a Danish traveller/historian/writer internationally probably best known for his non-fiction novel Processen mod Hamsun (1978); and it took a long time to finish – and then sat on a shelf due to legal battles galore. What is now finally revealed is a monument of modern(ist) cinema: a work that as much charts one man’s journey into his soul as a voyage of discovery into another artist’s mind.
Who’s in it. The Gentle Pain stars Ewa Fröling, Caspar Phillipson, Laure Calamy and Kasper Leisner.
Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Gentle Pain page.
Frequently asked
- Where can I watch The Gentle Pain (2019)?
- Streaming, rental and purchase options for The Gentle Pain change frequently. Check our where-to-watch page for the latest availability in your country.
- Who stars in The Gentle Pain?
- The Gentle Pain stars Ewa Fröling, Caspar Phillipson, Laure Calamy and Kasper Leisner.
- When was The Gentle Pain released?
- The Gentle Pain was released in 2019, with a runtime of about 280 minutes.