The Salvation: Mads Mikkelsen Week at FOMO Cinema

Welcome to RETURN OF THE MADS at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi. The original plan was one week. You 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

THE SALVATION

Kristian Levring | 2014 | Denmark / United Kingdom / South Africa | 1h32m | English 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 revolutionary Mads. THE SALVATION gives us cowboy Mads.

A Danish western sounds like a contradiction in terms. THE SALVATION quickly proves otherwise.

Set in the American frontier during the 1870s, the film follows Jon, a Danish immigrant who has spent years building a new life in America while waiting for his wife and son to join him. Their long-awaited reunion lasts just a few hours before a senseless act of violence leaves Jon with nothing but revenge on his mind. His search for justice soon brings him into conflict with the region's most feared outlaw, setting in motion a brutal chain of events that engulfs an entire town.

Directed by Dogme 95 co-founder Kristian Levring, THE SALVATION embraces the traditions of the classic Hollywood western while filtering them through a distinctly Scandinavian sensibility. The result is lean, unsentimental and beautifully photographed, with echoes of John Ford, Sergio Leone and the moral ambiguity of modern Nordic cinema.

Alongside Eva Green and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mads delivers one of his most physically restrained performances. Jon isn't a wisecracking gunslinger or an invincible action hero. He's simply an ordinary man pushed beyond the limits of what anyone should be expected to endure.

Part revenge thriller, part elegy for the myth of the American frontier, THE SALVATION is one of the most overlooked films in Mads Mikkelsen's international career and proof that he could have walked straight into a classic western without anyone questioning it.

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