Synopsis
Awards: Academy Award® winner for 'Best International Feature Film' at the 93rd Academy Awards® BAFTA 2021-winner for 'Best Film Not in the English Language' César Award-winner for 'Best Foreign Film' Winner of the Silver Shell for ‘Best Actor’ at San Sebastián Film Festival Won four awards including best film, director, screenplay and actor for Mads Mikkelsen at The European Film Awards 2020 There’s a theory that we should be born with a small amount of alcohol in our blood, and that modest inebriation opens our minds to the world around us, diminishing our problems and increasing our creativity. Heartened by that theory, Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. If Churchill won WW2 in a heavy daze of alcohol, who knows what a few drops might do for them and their students? Initial results are positive, and the teachers’ little project turns into a genuine academic study. Both their classes and their results continue to improve, and the group feels alive again! As the units are knocked back, some of the participants see further improvement and others go off the rails. It becomes increasingly clear that while alcohol may have fuelled great results in world history, some bold acts carry consequences.