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.
Director: Per Fly
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Jesper Christensen as Kaj |
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Nicolaj Kopernikus as Stig |
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Jens Albinus as Kim |
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Sarah Boberg as Connie |
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Lars Brygmann as Lars |
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John Martinus as Toilet Attendant |
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Petrine Agger as Nurse |
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Anette Støvelbæk as Kim's Neighbor |
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Marius Sonne Janischefska as Jonas |
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Stine Holm Joensen as Liv |
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Benjamin Boe Rasmussen as Bo |
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Lars Ranthe as Kaptajnen |
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Holger Perfort as Mr. Nandrup |
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Britta Lillesøe as Lis |
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Ann Kristine Schmidt as Receptionist |
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Rikke Bendsen as Irene |
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Ali Kahn as Merchant |
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Michael Bengtson as Michael |
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Kim Lerche Nielsen as Kim |
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Erik Rasmussen as Tarzan |
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Yousef Sundoo as Immigrant Boy 1 |
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Fraz Jamil as Immigrant Boy 2 |
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Erik Hovby Jørgensen as Carsten (uncredited) |
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Søren Malling as Man (uncredited) |
| Directing | Per Fly | Director |
| Writing | Kim Leona | Writer |
| Writing | Per Fly | Writer |
| Production | Ib Tardini | Producer |
| Production | Peter Aalbæk Jensen | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jørgen Johansson | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Morten Giese | Editor |
| Sound | Halfdan E | Original Music Composer |