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Overview

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7.8/10   1,575 votes
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Director:
Per Fly
Writers:
Kim Leona (screenplay) &
Per Fly (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 October 2000 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
11 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
A socio-realistic drama of a drunk guy with no future, suddenly finding a path... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jesper Christensen ... Kaj
Marius Sonne Janischefska ... Jonas
Stine Holm Joensen ... Liv
Nicolaj Kopernikus ... Stig
Jens Albinus ... Kim

Sarah Boberg ... Connie (as Sarah Kjærgaard Boberg)

Benjamin Boe Rasmussen ... Bo
Lars Brygmann ... Lars

Lars Ranthe ... Kaptajnen
Holger Perfort ... Hr. Nandrup
Britta Lillesøe ... Lis
John Martinus ... Toiletpasser
Petrine Agger ... Sygeplejerske
Ann Kristine Schmidt ... Receptionist
Anette Støvelbæk ... Kims Nabo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bänken (Sweden)
The Bench (International: English title)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Denmark | Sweden
Language:
Danish
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This movie is the first of a trilogy by director Per Fly, the other two being "Arven" and "Drabet", dealing with Danish lower, middle and upper class respectively. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Kaj's name on the letterbox reappears after he has destroyed it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bodilfesten 2001 (2001) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Requiem (sanctus) more

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5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
A socio-realistic drama of a drunk guy with no future, suddenly finding a path..., 18 October 2003
10/10

The most stunishing thing about this movie is the acting of the drunk guy. Several times during the movie I pondered whether they had brought in a real drunk, or if it really was an actor? All his moves, the way i talked etc. were so real.

The story as far as I recall it, is about a drunk guy on dole, with no future. Suddenly he meets a person which makes his internal flame of live rise and burst.

We as spectators get a view of how it is having no future, no family and nothing to do. Its a story without any special effects or explosions (not even a telly which is thrown out of the window from the second floor explode upon impact with the sidewalk!) But still, the story is so much better than of most multi-billion dollar movies from Hollywood.

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