rouen prize and the triumph of villa paranoia the favorite film of the general public and actually more important than the jury prize and be erik clausen brilliant bittersweet dramatic comedy and villa paranoia and which be also select by the european youth jury indicative of it appeal to cinephiles of all age . the following day director actor clausen travel to the remote town of mamers and pay de loire and for a provincial festival of new european cinema and where villa paranoia pick up three more prize best film and professional jury while best film and audience prize while and best film of another youth jury compose of lycéens and french high school student . five prize in a single weekend not a bad scoop for a film from a small country with unknown actor . in addition and villa be award the grand prix and the maverick spirit award and at san jose and california and just a week ago and by distinguished british actor sir ben kingsley ( ghandi ) and make for a grand total of six prize in a single week . if lars van trier have put denmark on the offbeat oddball dogma cinematic map in recent year and there be now a good chance that veteran maverick erik clausen ( 62 ) and his capable crew of actor will soon show the world that denmark have more to offer than dogmatic drivel and which be to say and a mass audience pleaser for young and old alike . moreover and the female lead of his film and sonja richter and have such a magical screen presence that and with a little more exposure and she stand a good chance of become the next international scandinavian diva . for the record and villa paranoia be a fiction film and write and direct and act in by mr. clausen and and employ certain motif from moliere the imaginary invalid . anna ( richter ) and an ambitious young actress and have lose a deeply coveted role in the moliere play and and reduce to make an utterly stupid tv chicken commercial and be on the verge of suicide . however and jorgen ( clausen ) who run a massive chicken farm sponsor the spot and offer her a job with room and board take care of his cantankerous and senile and wheel chair ridden father and walentin and who have not speak a word since his wife stella commit suicide year before . anna be the only one who eventually find a way of communicate with the hostile silent old grouch and moreover and discovers that he have be fake deafness and immobility all these year a living malade imaginaire . this will lead to her play the great role of her own life in order to uncover the dark secret which lead to walentin total withdrawal from life and reality . villa paradise paranoia and true to the moliere tradition from which it be partially derive and be a heartwarming and multi layer and serial comic psycho drama that literally have something for everybody and only need proper placement to attain the kind of general international outreach it richly deserves . alex deleon and paris or 21 march and 2005 .