A Royal Affair: Mads Mikkelsen Week at FOMO Cinema
Friday 17. July at 19:00 - 21:17
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
Welcome to RETURN OF THE MADS at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi. The original plan was one week. Our guests had other ideas.
After an overwhelming response to MADSNESS, I'm extending the retrospective with another week of films, exploring the performances, directors and collaborations that helped turn Mikkelsen from Denmark's best-kept secret into one of the defining screen actors of his generation.
He's worked with Nicolas Winding Refn, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen and some of the biggest directors in international cinema, balancing arthouse cinema with global blockbusters.
This time we're digging a little deeper. We'll revisit some familiar faces, discover a few hidden gems and trace the remarkable second act of a career that's only become more adventurous with time.
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Nikolaj Arcel | 2012 | Denmark / Sweden / Czech Republic | 2h17m | Danish with English subtitles
By this point in MADSNESS we've had gangster Mads, cannibal Mads, villainous Mads, ripped Mads, mentally ill Mads, saintly Mads and baby Mads. A ROYAL AFFAIR gives us revolutionary Mads.
Based on one of the most remarkable true stories in Danish history, A ROYAL AFFAIR follows Johann Friedrich Struensee, a German physician who arrives at the Danish court to treat the mentally unstable King Christian VII. As Struensee gains the king's trust, he also captures the attention of the neglected young queen, Caroline Matilda. Their secret affair soon becomes inseparable from something even more dangerous: an attempt to transform an entire nation.
Armed with the radical ideas of the Enlightenment, Struensee introduces sweeping reforms that challenge the power of the aristocracy, abolish torture, expand freedom of the press and drag eighteenth-century Denmark towards the modern world. Unsurprisingly, the people benefiting from the old order aren't especially enthusiastic.
What begins as a historical romance gradually becomes a gripping political thriller about power, idealism and the price of trying to change history. Mads Mikkelsen gives one of the most quietly commanding performances of his career, playing a man whose greatest weapon isn't violence but intelligence.
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, A ROYAL AFFAIR announced Mads as one of Europe's great leading men. It's elegant, intelligent and proof that real history is often far more dramatic than fiction.
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00, serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments including coffee and tea, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!
LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTMzMTA2Mjk0MDI5MjM1
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
