In China They Eat Dogs (1999)

Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.

Director:

Lasse Spang Olsen

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Stars:

Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kim Bodnia	...	Harald
Dejan Cukic	...	Arvid
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Martin
Tomas Villum Jensen	...	Peter
Peter Gantzler	...	Franz
Trine Dyrholm	...	Hanne
Line Kruse	...	Astrid
Brian Patterson	...	Vuk
Søren Sætter-Lassen	...	Henning (as Søren Sætter Lassen)
Lester Wiese	...	Richard
Jesper Christensen	...	Bartender
Lasse Lunderskov	...	Jørgen
Preben Harris	...	Erling
Slavko Labovic	...	Ratko
Zarko Labovic	...	Onkel (Uncle)

Storyline

Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket. A few days later Franz's wife visits him lamenting that she needed the swag for an IVF. To obtain the money Arvid and his criminal brother Harald plan a thievery, which ends bloodily and drags them into real trouble.

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Plot Keywords:

female frontal nudity | bank | bank robber | nipples | danish blonde | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Vuk crashes into the cars, the cars explode before they are hit.

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Quotes

Harald: [after accidently blowing up Vuk] Maybe you're right, lets use less explosives the next time. Okay, find Vuk and we're off.

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Connections

Referenced in Zulu Late Night, Live!: Lasse Rimmer/B.S. Christiansen (2009)

User Reviews

Guilty pleasure.

Hit action comedy from celebrated writer Anders Thomas Jensen and director (and former stuntman) Lasse Spang Olsen. Put-upon Arvid is left by his girlfriend, and when he manages to foil a bank robbery with a squash racket, his life goes from bad to worse, getting involved with hardened criminal brother Harald (the excellent Kim Bodnia, tough and hilariously deadpan). Perhaps the highest body count of a Danish movie ever (Arvid accidentally wastes entire rockband Red Warszawa with a machine gun), film suffers from occasional amateurish stunts, but is peppered with Jensen´s terrific dialogue, and a what-me-worry approach that is very rare among Danish filmmakers. Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Tomas Villum Jensen make a great comedic duo as the reluctant body disposers, who just want to be cooks. Framed by a strange supernatural story that is so politically incorrect that you can´t help but laugh out loud. *** (of ****)

Details

Official Sites:

Scanbox / Steen Herdel

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish English Serbian German

Release Date:

10 September 1999 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

In China They Eat Dogs

Filming Locations:

Café Langebro, Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark

Company Credits

Production Co:

Steen Herdel Filmproduktion, Scanbox Entertainment, TV2 Danmark

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1