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The Boss of It All

Name: The Boss of It All
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2006-12-08
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6.587

★ 6,6 /10 (329 Votes)

2006 DA 99 min

Overview

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face the owner has to hire a failed actor to play the part.

Stream

Release date

08/12/2006

Votes

329

Popularity

2.5

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Original title

Direktøren for det hele

Language

Runtime

99 min

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$3,111,395

Jens Albinus

The Boss of it All / Kristoffer / Svend E

Peter Gantzler

Ravn

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Finnur

Benedikt Erlingsson

Interpreter

Iben Hjejle

Lise

Henrik Prip

Nalle

Mia Lyhne

Heidi A.

Casper Christensen

Gorm

Louise Mieritz

Mette

Jean-Marc Barr

Spencer

Sofie Gråbøl

Kisser

Anders Hove

Jokumsen

Lars von Trier

Narrator (uncredited)

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The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantles artistic pretension with surgical comedic precision. The film opens with von Trier himself, reflected in a window, perched in a cherry picker camera dolly - a literal deus ex machina, playing God while simultaneously mocking the very concept of directorial omnipotence. Here, he's gleefully playing God and immediately undermining himself. Using Automavision, a computer program that randoml…

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