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A SECOND CHANCE (EN CHANCE TIL)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video
 
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Completed - DANISH - Drama - 104 minutes

Log Line

Moving and thrilling drama from Academy Award®-winning director Susanne Bier about real people forced into incredible circumstances.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Susanne BIER
Writer(s) : Anders THOMAS JENSEN
Cast : Nikolaj COSTER-WALDAU, Ulrich THOMSEN, Maria BONNEVIE, Nikolaj LIE KAAS, Lykke MAY ANDERSEN

Producer(s) : Sisse GRAUM JØRGENSEN (Zentropa Entertainment)

Synopsis

A SECOND CHANCE is a chilling, yet affecting drama about real people forced into incredible circumstances; a film that confronts our core notions about right and wrong, and those of us who think they can tell the difference; a film that forces us to ask: who are we to think we are better than anyone else? Andreas, a promising young detective, has a lot on his plate. At home, he and his wife, Anne, struggle with their new-born 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 with which Andreas is only too familiar – 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 little family’s warm embrace. Then, one night, the unthinkable happens and the little family is struck by sudden tragedy. When Andreas sees his life unravelling, he makes a choice that will lead himself and everyone he knows down a rabbit hole of moral and ethical disarray. As Andreas begins to blur the lines between right and wrong, just and unjust, it falls upon the chaotic Simon to restore the order.

Production

Country(ies) : DENMARK

ARGENTINA IMPACTO CINE
AUSTRIA Jun 19, 2015 THIMFILM GMBH
BELGIUM Mar 16, 2016 CINÉART BELGIUM
CANADA PHOTON FILMS AN
CANADA Mar 25, 2016 TVA FILMS
CZECH REPU FILM EUROPE (CZ
DENMARK Jan 15, 2015 NORDISK FILM A/
FINLAND May 01, 2015 ATLANTIC FILM F
FINLAND May 01, 2015 ATLANTIC FILM F
FRANCE KMBO
GERMANY PROKINO FILMVER
GREECE Apr 23, 2015 ROSEBUD.21
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
HUNGARY CIRKO FILM KFT.
ITALY Apr 02, 2015 TEODORA FILM
KOREA (Sou CONTENTS GATE C
KOREA (Sou Jun 11, 2015 BREEZE PICTURES
LEBANON MOVING TURTLE
POLAND HAGI FILM
ROMANIA Jul 03, 2015 INDEPENDENTA FI
SPAIN Sep 11, 2015 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN Jul 10, 2015 STUDIO 7
TURKEY FABULA FILMS


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Festivals and Awards

Abu Dhabi FF 2014 - Narrative Feature Competition (Best Actress)


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