The Bench (2000)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | da |
| Popularity | 2.326 |
Directed By
Per Fly
Crew
Per Fly
Kim Leona
Per Fly
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Ib Tardini
Halfdan E
Morten Giese
Jørgen Johansson
TOP CAST
Nicolaj Kopernikus
Stig
Jens Albinus
Kim
Sarah Boberg
Connie
Lars Brygmann
Lars
John Martinus
Toilet Attendant
Petrine Agger
Nurse
Anette Støvelbæk
Kim's Neighbor
Lars Ranthe
Kaptajnen
Holger Perfort
Mr. Nandrup
Britta Lillesøe
Lis
Ann Kristine Schmidt
Receptionist
Rikke Bendsen
Irene
Ali Kahn
Merchant
Michael Bengtson
Michael
Erik Rasmussen
Tarzan
Yousef Sundoo
Immigrant Boy 1
Fraz Jamil
Immigrant Boy 2
Erik Hovby Jørgensen
Carsten (uncredited)
Søren Malling
Man (uncredited)
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