A Place Nearby

A Place Nearby (2000)

A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2000-01-21
  • User Rating: 5.1/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: Dansk
  • Production Company: Det Danske Filminstitut
  • Production Country: Denmark
  • Director: Kaspar Rostrup
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Summary

The city is gasping for air in the scorching summer heat; everyone is under suspicion; a persistent detective superintendent is burrowing for the truth. A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son, who is suspected of murdering a local girl. The mother knows her son could have committed the murder, but she conceals her knowledge, and gradually becomes entangled in a thicket of lies. How far is she prepared to go to protect her son who is helpless in so many ways? Does she have it within her to give up the only person she loves?

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  • Ghita Nørby

    as Fru Nielsen
  • Thure Lindhardt

    as Brian
  • Frits Helmuth

    as Jespersen
  • Henning Moritzen

    as Baronen
  • Bodil Lindorff

    as Posekonen
  • Magnus Stahl Jacobsen

    as Lille Brian
  • Hannah Bjarnhof

    as Sarons Rose
  • Sarah Boberg

    as Ung kvinde
  • Thomas Bo Larsen

    as Ung mand
  • Pia Vieth

    as Pædagogen
  • Niels Anders Thorn

    as Jacinskij
  • Niels Weyde

    as 1. Læge
  • Niels Skousen

    as 2. Læge
  • Ulver Skuli Abildgaard

    as
  • Bent Ove Jacobsen

    as
  • Susanne Jagd

    as
  • Peter Aude

    as
  • Dorit Stender-Petersen

    as
  • Ian Burns

    as
  • Christian Hjejle

    as
  • Mira Wanting

    as
  • Birgitte von Halling-Koch

    as
  • Bjarne Buur

    as
  • Jesper Birch

    as
  • Holger Vistisen

    as
  • René Benjamin Hansen

    as
  • Christian Steffensen

    as
Directing Kaspar Rostrup Director
Production Tina Dalhoff Producer
Sound Fuzzy Music
Crew Eric Kress Cinematography
Editing Grete Møldrup Editor
Writing Kaspar Rostrup Writer

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