Knight of Fortune is a 2022 Danish short drama film written and directed by Lasse Lyskjær Noer and produced by Jalabert Productions.^[1]

Plot

Karl is a male arriving at a morgue to see his newly deceased wife. He struggles to accept his loss and fails to make himself open the chest to see her. He then goes to the toilet for a break, and while sitting in one of the toilet cabins, he hears someone asking if he can hand him some toilet paper. The guy asking is sitting in another toilet cabin. Karl hands him the toilet paper, and the two starts to chat whilist sitting in their respective cabin. When they get out to wash their hands, the other guy, who is named Torben, comments on how he think Karl seems robust. Karl tries to ignore him, but Torben then asks him another question, and Karl feels forced to reply. Torben then asks Karl to help him see his dead wife, as he does not believe he has the strength to do it himself. Karl intially hesistant, changes his mind when Torben looks sad, which was followed by Karl asking him why he couldn't do it with his friends or family.

The two then enters one of the rooms to see Torbens dead wife. Torben convinces Karl, that they both open the chest to see the wife. Torben then tells Karl that he has prepared 32 pages of speech to his deceased wife. Seemingly a bit annoyed, Karl ultimately decides to stay for Torben's speech. As Torben delivers his speech, the two find a common ground as they realize that both their wives was a big fan of the song "Knight of Fortune" by Rocazino. The pair then seems to both enjoy their following conversation, but is interrupted by the Mortuary Porter and eight people entering the room.

The porter entering the room then presents the chest to the eight people. Karl, a bit confused, looks at Torben who with dread takes some steps back towards the wall. Karl joins him, still confused about what is going on. Karl asks Torben, whether the people entering, are of his family, but Torben shakes his head. As the people walks up to the chest, both guys tells them their condolences. Karl slowly realizes that Torben do not know the deceased woman in the chest, but plays along with Torben who acts like he knew her to the others in the room. Karl later leaves the room, seeming somewhat angry. Torben follows him, but Karl ignores him. Karl then enters the room with the chest of his own deceased wife, and stops himself from going further into the room, and then begins to talk with Torben again, asking him to leave. In the room, the porter joins Karl. Karl then asks the porter, who that guy, Torben, was. The porter explain to him that Torben lost his wife in a boating incident, 3 years earlier, and her body was never found, thereby never giving Torben a chance to pay his proper goodbyes. When leaving the morgue, Karl spots Torben sitting on a bench. About to open his car, Karl thinks twice and instead decides to join Torben on the bench. The pair then looks at each other and laughs. In the end, they both go back into the morgue, where Torben helps Karl at last opening up the chest of his deceased wife. The movie ends with Karl kissing his dead wife and Torben singing "Knight of Fortune".

Release

The film was released on the Danish streaming platform TV 2 Play.^[2]

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