A Second Chance
“How far would you go?”
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.
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Cast
26 people
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Andreas
Known for
Game of Thrones
Gods of Egypt
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen
Pernille Højer
Molly Blixt Egelind
Pige på klub
Ida Dwinger
Morten Eisner
Henrik Noél Olesen
Frederik Meldal Nørgaard
Ulrich Thomsen
Simon
Known for
Banshee
Lanterns
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Tristan
Known for
Angels & Demons
The Keeper of Lost Causes
May Andersen
Sanne
Also in
MY BAGUETTE / YOUR BAGUETTE
Maria Bonnevie
Anna
Known for
Another Round
Becoming Astrid
Susanne Bier Director · Anders Thomas Jensen Writer Johan Söderqvist Composer
Budget $4.7M · United States release March 7, 2015 · Produced in Denmark, Sweden
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Budget
$4,700,000
Production
Zentropa Entertainments
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Zentropa International Sweden
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Film i Väst
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FilmFyn
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DR
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SVT
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Det Danske Filminstitut
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Denmark · Sweden
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Original title
En chance til
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish · Swedish
Release dates
Canada · September 9, 2014
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark · January 15, 2015
Theatrical
United States · March 7, 2015
Premiere · Miami International Film Festival
Brazil
June 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Finland
May 1, 2015 · Theatrical
France
January 13, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
May 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 20, 2015 · Digital
Italy
April 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
May 15, 2015 · Digital
Netherlands
June 10, 2016 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
June 11, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
September 21, 2014 · Premiere · San Sebastian Film Festival
Sweden
January 29, 2015 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
July 3, 2015 · Theatrical
November 23, 2015 · Physical · DVD release
United Kingdom
October 12, 2014 · Premiere · London Film Festival
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