A Funny Man

Opening in the seductive style of the sixties A Funny Man uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer Nikolaj Lie Kaas has found himself in after a fasttracked rise to fame He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audiences needs Costing his kindred friendship to onstage partner Kjeld Petersen Lars Ranthe Dirch takes on Steinbecks classic Of Mice and Men only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line Dirchs Lennie becomes a running joke and so has Dirch believes his own life