Hirveän onnellinen

Original title: Frygtelig lykkelig

2008
Unrated
1h 39m

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6.8/10

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Robert Hansen is a cop in Copenhagen who makes a mistake, is remanded for therapy, then assigned to a small town in South Jutland, where cows and problems disappear into the mud. He quickly learns that the town bully, JÃ¸rgen, beats his wife, an outsider like Robert. He tries to get her to swear out a complaint against JÃ¸rgen; she flirts with Robert. When someone dies and Robert knows the prime suspect is innocent, he halts vigilante justice and things get complicated. He wants to protect himself and the daughter of JÃ¸rgen, and he wants to reconnect with his own daughter back home. Is rural justice his ticket back to Copenhagen? Is there any chance at happiness?

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A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.A thriller about a Copenhagen cop who moves to a small town after having a nervous breakdown.

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- 19 wins & 12 nominations

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Kim Bodnia and Jakob Cedergren in Hirveän onnellinen (2008)

Jakob Cedergren in Hirveän onnellinen (2008)

Jakob Cedergren and Lene Maria Christensen in Hirveän onnellinen (2008)

Kim Bodnia, Peter Hesse Overgaard, and Niels Skousen in Hirveän onnellinen (2008)

Henrik Ruben Genz in Hirveän onnellinen (2008)

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Trivia
The US DVD release contains, as a special feature, a brief clip from an interview with director Henrik Ruben Genz and novel author Erling Jepsen, who are childhood friends. At the start of the interview, Jepsen starts to playfully smack Genz' face, but hits him harder than he wanted and breaks Genz' lip, drawing blood. Genz goes backstage, supposedly to stop the bleeding, but in fact goes home and never returns, leaving Jepsen to do the appearance alone.

Goofs
In the closing credits the song "You Always Hurt the One You Love" is listed as "You Always Hurt the One Your Love" instead.

Connections
Featured in Deadline: Episode dated 22 October 2008 (2008)

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Gefühl aus Eis
Written by Manfred Grüber/Jo Schreiber/Eric Zion/Alex Klier

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Fear the bog!

Intense! Beautifully acted. Kim Bodnia is truly frightening and when you become relaxed the real jolt arrives. Thanks Denmark?! Men in cowboy hats now scare me!

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