A Second Chance (2014)
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
Director: Susanne Bier
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Andreas |
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Ulrich Thomsen as Simon |
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Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Tristan |
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May Andersen as Sanne |
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Maria Bonnevie as Anna |
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Kirsten Lehfeldt as Julie |
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Peter Haber as Gustav |
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Ewa Fröling as Ingrid |
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Thomas Bo Larsen as Klaus |
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Bodil Jørgensen as Forensic pathologist |
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Christian Grønvall as Truck driver |
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Ole Dupont as Funeral attendant |
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Molly Egelind as Woman at nightclub |
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Søs Egelind as Caroline |
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Roland Møller as Man at nightclub |
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Sarah Juel Werner as Woman at playground |
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Charlotte Fich as Judge |
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Claus Riis Østergaard as Valet in parking lot |
| Crew | Leopold Hughes | Post Production Assistant |
| Directing | Susanne Bier | Director |
| Writing | Anders Thomas Jensen | Writer |
| Writing | Susanne Bier | Story |
| Writing | Anders Thomas Jensen | Story |
| Camera | Michael Snyman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pernille Bech Christensen | Editor |
| Production | Sisse Graum Jørgensen | Producer |
| Sound | Johan Söderqvist | Music |