Accused (2005)

On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in ... See full summary »

Director:

Jacob Thuesen

Writer:

Kim Fupz Aakeson

Stars:

Troels Lyby, Sofie Gråbøl, Paw Henriksen

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Troels Lyby	...	Henrik
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Nina
Paw Henriksen	...	Pede
Louise Mieritz	...	Pernille
Søren Malling	...	Forsvarer
Michael Asmussen	...	Betjent 1
Ditte Gråbøl	...	Public Prosecutor
Claus Bue	...	Retsbetjent
Kirsten Olesen	...	Dommer
Bodil Jørgensen	...	Skolepsykolog
Charlotte Sieling	...	Miriam
Kirstine Rosenkrands Mikkelsen	...	Stine
Kristian Halken	...	Bent
Lars Kaalund	...	Far til svømmekursist
Charlie Mather	...	Søn 6 år svømmekursist

Storyline

On the surface Henrik and Nina Christofferson are an ordinary family living happily. But they have a problem. Their daughter, Stine, a difficult 14 year old, has a habit of telling lies in class. When Stine accuses her father of sexual abuse, and is believed by seemingly eager social workers, their family is thrust into crisis. Could Henrik have done it? And when Stine prepares to return home, the ugly side of family life is exposed.

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Plot Keywords:

swimming | swimming pool | sexual abuse | incest | prisoner | 

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Genres:

Drama

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User Reviews

Very tense, sensibly rendered, ... tough and reality questioning subject !

While the VERY last scene, of HENRIK in his Bath-robe, leaves one pondering about the message or intent..., this story's climatic build-up is -both- truthful and believable ! At first, tantalizing and intriguing for the first twenty minutes, the tension sets-in whence the councilors/lawyer's, is taken aback by HENRIK's attitude and questions ...; meanwhile we have the incredible interventions of (Sofie Grabol) NINA as a loving/warm/tender/sexually satisfied wife and mother ...; the (daughter's) STINE, mostly still-life presence and expressions are just incredible and beyond words ...! Mr. TROELS LYBY's presence & rendition is just extreme or too natural, Mrs. SOFIE GRABOL is just too much right as a Wife and Mother ... as well as a shining-out presence ... while either direction and photography are unquestionably good.

Shortly-put, this is {another} of a very limited number of quality films, with subject or renewing script's visualization ! P.S.: Sofie Grabol is a gorgeous and incredibly good actress. ... as proved with her lead in the recent "The Killing" three Danish TV's series ... !

Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

28 January 2005 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Accused

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film, TV2 Danmark

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color