The Early Years Erik Nietzsche Part 1

Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director In the late 1970s Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors weird fellow students and unwritten rules In this both exhilarating and angstprovoking period for him Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry Frequently he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him He encounters trade union disputes falls in love and experiences selfassured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment The film is a drama full of comedy a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision