In China They Eat Dogs
1999 · Movie · 91 min · ★ 7.4 · 84% critics
An ordinary bank clerk’s quiet life is shaken when he stops a robbery at work. Trying to make sense of the fallout, he’s pulled into a chaotic underworld where dark humor, uneasy moral choices, and a string of escalating mishaps turn everyday awkwardness into a crime-fueled spiral.
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Details
- Original title
- I Kina spiser de hunde
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-09-10
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (296 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a Nordic crime comedy with deadpan laughs, eccentric misfits, and escalating mayhem in the vein of Flickering Lights or A Fish Called Wanda; Not for you if bleak violence or morally messy humor puts you off.
Pros: sharp black comedy; eccentric characters; fast crime chaos | Cons: very dark violence; uneven early pacing; not for realism
Themes
- army
- robbery
- sibling relationship
- denmark
- chance
- explosive
- bank
- donation
- dark comedy
- poker game
- bank robbery
- hoodlum
Awards & recognition
- Robert Award — Best Visual Effects · 2000
Cast & crew
Kim Bodnia
as Harald
Dejan Čukić
as Arvid
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
as Martin
Tomas Villum Jensen
as Peter
Peter Gantzler
as Franz
Trine Dyrholm
as Hanne
Line Kruse
as Astrid
Brian Patterson
as Vuk
Søren Sætter-Lassen
as Henning
- LW
Lester Wiese
as Richard
Directed by Lasse Spang Olsen