The Bench (2000)
The Bench (2000)
He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.
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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Cast

Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen As: Kaj
Nicolaj Kopernikus Nicolaj Kopernikus As: Stig
Jens Albinus Jens Albinus As: Kim
Sarah Boberg Sarah Boberg As: Connie
Lars Brygmann Lars Brygmann As: Lars
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.
Certification: 15

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: Dansk

Release Date: 26 August 2000

Country: DK

Runtime: 89m

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Company Credits

Company: Zentropa Entertainments

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Cast

Directed By

Per Fly

Per Fly

Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Ib Tardini

Ib Tardini

Producer

Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Executive Producer

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Halfdan E

Halfdan E

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Jørgen Johansson

Jørgen Johansson

Camera Operator

Lighting

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Art Department

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