Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
Directed by Susanne Bier
police
domestic violence
family tragedy
woman director
disturbed
brisk
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Andreas
Ulrich Thomsen
Simon
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Tristan
May Andersen
Sanne
Maria Bonnevie
Anna
Kirsten Lehfeldt
Julie
Peter Haber
Gustav
Ewa Fröling
Ingrid
Thomas Bo Larsen
Klaus
Bodil Jørgensen
Forensic pathologist
Christian Grønvall
Truck driver
Ole Dupont
Funeral attendant
Crew
Susanne Bier
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Writer
Pernille Bech Christensen
Editor
Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Producer
Leopold Hughes
Post Production Assistant
Anders Thomas Jensen
Story
Susanne Bier
Story
Johan Söderqvist
Music
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
Bianca
10.0★ · 12/20/25
It was wonderful, I love this movie so much, and I hate this movie, I wanna cry. What the hell was that.
It was wonderful, I love this movie so much, and I hate this movie, I wanna cry. What the hell was that.
Max Kowalski
3.0★ · 02/16/21
Drama for drama’s sake, so it felt hollow and ineffectual- almost like a mockery of reality.
Drama for drama’s sake, so it felt hollow and ineffectual- almost like a mockery of reality.