The Bench
7.5
“He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.”
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.
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Part of Per Fly trilogien (Samling)
3 films
Cast
24 people
Jesper Christensen
Kaj
Known for
Casino Royale
The Interpreter
Nicolaj Kopernikus
Stig
Known for
The Killing
Freddy Frogface
Jens Albinus
Kim
Known for
The Idiots
The Boss of It All
Sarah Boberg
Connie
Known for
The Bridge
1864
Lars Brygmann
Lars
Known for
Equinox
Riders of Justice
John Martinus
Toilet Attendant
Known for
A Royal Affair
The Idiots
Petrine Agger
Nurse
Known for
Borgen
The Chestnut Man
Anette Støvelbæk
Kim's Neighbor
Known for
Italian for Beginners
In a Better World
Marius Sonne Janischefska
Jonas
Also in
Glimt af mørke
Unit One
Stine Holm Joensen
Liv
Also in
The Lawyer
The Killing
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen
Bo
Known for
When Animals Dream
Borgman
Lars Ranthe
Kaptajnen
Known for
The Chestnut Man
Another Round
Per Fly Director · Kim Leona Writer Halfdan E Composer
First release August 26, 2000 · Produced in Denmark, Sweden · Original title Bænken
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
Production
Denmark · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Bænken
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Norway · August 26, 2000
Theatrical
Denmark · October 27, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
August 26, 2000 · TV
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