A Second Chance

Andreas, a promising young detective, has a lot on his plate. At home, he and his wife, Anne, struggle with their newborn son, who spends every waking hour crying. At work, meanwhile, Andreas struggles to rein in his newly divorced partner Simon, who spends most of his time in strip clubs, drunkenly looking for a fight. One day, Andreas and Simon are called out to a domestic disturbance. There they find Tristan, a drug dealer who has a history of violence and who has now resorted to taking his own drugs and forcing his girlfriend, Sanne, to do the same. When Andreas and Simon intervene in the couple's bickering, they witness a shocking instance of neglect that sends a livid Andreas into his family's warm embrace. Then, one night, the unthinkable happens and the little family is struck by sudden tragedy. When Andreas sees his life unraveling, he makes a choice that will lead himself and everyone he knows down a rabbit hole of moral and ethical disarray.
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Script: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematography: Michael Snyman
Editing: Pernille Bech Christensen
Sound: Eddie Simonsen, Anne Jensen
Music: Johan Soderqvist
Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Andreas), Ulrich Thomsen (Simon), Maria Bonnevie (Anne), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Tristan), Lykke May Andersen (Sanne)
Production: Zentropa Entertainments34 Aps, Denmark T. +45 3686 8788 receptionen@filmbyen.com www.zentropa.dk
Producers: Sisse Graum Jorgensen
Co-production: Zentropa International Sweden & FilmFyn (Denmark) & Film i Vast (Sweden)
Production Design: Jacob Stig Olsson, Louise Lonborg, Gilles Balabaud
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Denmark-Sweden
Production Year: 2014
Duration: 104
Distribution in Greece: Rosebud Zinos Panagiotidis, z.pan@odeon.gr Ioanna Panagiotidou, ipanagiotidou@gmail.com
Contact: TrustNordisk ApS, Denmark T. +45 3686 8788, F. +45 3686 8750 info@trustnordisk.com www.trustnordisk.com

Susanne Bier

Born in Denmark in 1960, she graduated from Denmark’s National Film School in 1987. She was a Danish Academy Award semi-finalist and award winner at the Munich Film School Festival for her graduation film. Bier’s feature film debut, Freud Leaves Home, was the recipient of international plaudits, as was her film Family Matters.Two box-office hits followed: Open Hearts and Brothers. The Oscar-nominated film After the Wedding and the US-produced Things We Lost in the Fire, starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro, were both critical and box office successes. Her film In a Better World received the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 2011.

Filmography

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1994 Det Bli’r i Familien /Family Matters
2002 Elsker Dig for Evigt /Open Hearts
2004 Brodre /Brothers
2006 Efter Brylluppet /After the Wedding
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire
2010 Heavnen /In a Better World
2012 Den skaldede frisor /Love Is All You Need
2014 En chance til /A Second Chance