The Bench

The Bench (2000)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-08-26
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 29 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: Dansk
  • Production Company: Zentropa Entertainments
  • Production Country: Denmark
  • Director: Per Fly
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Summary

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.

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  • Jesper Christensen

    as Kaj
  • Nicolaj Kopernikus

    as Stig
  • Jens Albinus

    as Kim
  • Sarah Boberg

    as Connie
  • Lars Brygmann

    as Lars
  • John Martinus

    as Toilet Attendant
  • Petrine Agger

    as Nurse
  • Anette Støvelbæk

    as Kim's Neighbor
  • Marius Sonne Janischefska

    as Jonas
  • Stine Holm Joensen

    as Liv
  • Benjamin Boe Rasmussen

    as Bo
  • Lars Ranthe

    as Kaptajnen
  • Holger Perfort

    as Mr. Nandrup
  • Britta Lillesøe

    as Lis
  • Ann Kristine Schmidt

    as Receptionist
  • Rikke Bendsen

    as Irene
  • Ali Kahn

    as Merchant
  • Michael Bengtson

    as Michael
  • Kim Lerche Nielsen

    as Kim
  • Erik Rasmussen

    as Tarzan
  • Yousef Sundoo

    as Immigrant Boy 1
  • Fraz Jamil

    as Immigrant Boy 2
  • Erik Hovby Jørgensen

    as Carsten (uncredited)
  • Søren Malling

    as Man (uncredited)
Writing Kim Leona Writer
Directing Per Fly Director
Writing Per Fly Writer
Production Ib Tardini Producer
Production Peter Aalbæk Jensen Executive Producer
Camera Jørgen Johansson Camera Operator
Sound Halfdan E Original Music Composer
Editing Morten Giese Editor

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