A Second Chance
2014 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.6 · 44% critics
Two detectives and best friends live very different lives, until a routine domestic call turns into a crisis involving an infant in a closet. As one detective struggles with what he can’t control, the other friend must step up and help restore order between right and wrong.
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Details
- Original title
- En chance til
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-09-08
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (166 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this intense thriller-drama if you like gritty moral dilemmas and emotional pressure, but Not for you if you want light entertainment or steady character focus throughout, like In a Better World or Brothers.
Pros: tense moral conflict; strong performances; unpredictable turns | Cons: slower character start; uneven sentiment; ending feels ordinary
Themes
- police
- domestic violence
- family tragedy
- woman director
- disturbed
- brisk
Cast & crew
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
as Andreas
Ulrich Thomsen
as Simon
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
as Tristan
May Andersen
as Sanne
Maria Bonnevie
as Anna
Kirsten Lehfeldt
as Julie
Peter Haber
as Gustav
Ewa Fröling
as Ingrid
Thomas Bo Larsen
as Klaus
Bodil Jørgensen
as Forensic pathologist
Directed by Susanne Bier