CinemaOSMovie · 2000 · 1h 29m

The Bench

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

71%(37)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byPer Fly

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
DA
Released
August 26, 2000
Studios
Zentropa Entertainments

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jesper Christensen

Jesper Christensen

Kaj

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Stig

Jens Albinus

Jens Albinus

Kim

Sarah Boberg

Sarah Boberg

Connie

Lars Brygmann

Lars Brygmann

Lars

John Martinus

John Martinus

Toilet Attendant

Petrine Agger

Petrine Agger

Nurse

Anette Støvelbæk

Anette Støvelbæk

Kim's Neighbor

Marius Sonne Janischefska

Jonas

Stine Holm Joensen

Stine Holm Joensen

Liv

Creative team
Directed by
Per Fly
Per Fly
Written by
Kim Leona
Per Fly
Per Fly
Produced by
Ib Tardini
Ib Tardini

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