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INFORMATION

ORIGINAL TITLE:   Nico, 1988

DIRECTED BY:  Susanna Nicchiarelli

STARS: Trine Dyrholm

RUNTIME:  93 minutes

GENRE:  Biopic, drama

SYNOPSIS:Set between Paris, Prague, Nuremberg, Manchester, the Polish countryside and the Roman seaside, Nico, 1988 is a road-movie dedicated to the last years of Christa Päffgen, known by her stage name “Nico”. One of Warhol’s muses, singer of The Velvet Underground and a woman of legendary beauty, Nico lived a second life after the story, when she began her career as a solo artist. Nico, 1988 is the story of Nico’s last tours with the band that accompanied her around Europe in the Eighties: years in which the “priestess of darkness”, as she was called, found herself again, shaking off the weight of her beauty and rebuilding the relationship with her only forgotten are. It is the story of a rebirth, of an artist, of a mother, of the woman beyond the icon.

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Awards and Festivals

VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Best feature Award – Orizzonti selection

SEVILLE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL

Official selection

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

Official selection

Reviews

«Dyrholm’s performance is a powerhouse of authenticity» ★★★★ 

VARIETY

«A biopic packed with anguish, drugs and rock’n’roll» 

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

«Trine Dyrholm is phenomenal in this enigmatic biopic about the final years of a woman who
did not want to be remembered Lou Reed’s muse» 

INDIE WIRE

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