A SECOND CHANCE

By Susanne Bier

FACTS

Title: A SECOND CHANCE
Original title: EN CHANCE TIL
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Bonnevie, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lykke May Andersen
Genre: Drama
Duration: 104 min
Language: Danish
Additional Languages: Swedish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematographer: Michael Snyman
Editor: Pernille Bech Christensen
Production Company: Zentropa Entertainments
Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Production year: 2014
Budget EUR: 4.7M
Local release: 15-01-2015
Film status: Internationally Premiered

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.

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Abu Dhabi Middle East International Film Festival
2014-10-23

Beaune International Thriller Film Festival, Frank
2015-03-25

Beijing International Film Festival
2015-04-16

Dublin International Film Festival
2015-03-19

Goa International Film Festival
2014-11-20

Göteborg Int. Filmfestival
2015-01-23

Les Arcs European Film Festival
2014-12-13

London Film Festival
2014-10-12

Los Angeles Scandinavian FF
2016-01-09

Miami International Film Festival
2015-03-07

Portland Int. FF
2015-10-23

Reykjavik international film festival
2015-09-24

San Sebastian Film Festival
2014-09-19

Seattle International Film Festival, USA
2015-05-14

Shanghai Int. FF
2015-06-13

Thessaloniki International Film Festival
2014-10-31

Torino Film Festival
2014-11-21

Toronto 2014
2014-09-04

Toronto Film Festival
2014-09-06