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The Bench (2000)

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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Jesper ChristensenJesper ChristensenKaj
  • Photo of Nicolaj KopernikusNicolaj KopernikusStig
  • Photo of Jens AlbinusJens AlbinusKim
  • Photo of Sarah BobergSarah BobergConnie
  • Photo of Lars BrygmannLars BrygmannLars
  • Photo of John MartinusJohn MartinusToilet Attendant
  • Photo of Petrine AggerPetrine AggerNurse
  • Photo of Anette StøvelbækAnette StøvelbækKim's Neighbor
  • Photo of Marius Sonne JanischefskaMarius Sonne JanischefskaJonas
  • Photo of Stine Holm JoensenStine Holm JoensenLiv

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