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The Bench

Drama
2000, 1h 29min
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His initial instinct is to avoid her, but by chance he ends up helping to look after Jonas, her six-year-old son. For the first time for years Kaj need not survive on his own devices. Now he has responsibilities and a family of his own.
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Director:
Per Fly
Cast:
Jesper Christensen,
Lars Brygmann,
Nicolaj Kopernikus,
Søren Malling
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Critic Jesper Vestergaard
rated 7

Grundlæggende giver det en stærk og vedkommende historie. Men ind imellem fortegnes figurerne ærgerligt og dramatikken bryder stemningen.

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Martin Film og Serier
rated 8

Sådan Jesper. Dit livs rolle!

3 years ago

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Per Fly
Director
Per Fly
Writer
Lars Brygmann
As Lars
Søren Malling
As Mand
Lars Ranthe
As Kaptajnen

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A hardened drunk finds purpose in life when his estranged daughter moves back home with her young son, escaping a violent relationship. As he takes on the role of caregiver, he must confront his dark past and learn to let go of his pride.

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