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"He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember."

Oct 27 2000 N/A 1h 33m
Drama

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.

Plot

Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kaj's life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.

Written by

Kim Leona, Per Fly

Directed by

Per Fly

Cast

Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden, Denmark

Production Companies

Zentropa Entertainments

Languages

Dansk

Awards

11 wins & 10 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
4,637
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA