Bleeder
1999 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.7 · 63% critics
A video store clerk tries to connect with a waitress, unfolding alongside a separate situation involving a man who abuses his pregnant wife. Meanwhile, her brother’s presence adds tension as violence and racism shape what happens.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-08-06
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (212 votes)
About
If you like slow-burning Danish dramas with grit and disturbing relationship tension, Bleeder may work for you; Not for you if you want clear character motivations or faster pacing, and it may feel like a lesser fit than Pusher.
Pros: gritty, disturbing drama; compelling video-store setting; slow-burning tension | Cons: slow pacing; characters feel unclear; sometimes forgettable
Themes
- suicide
- copenhagen, denmark
- kidnapping
- male friendship
- violence against women
- revenge
- murder
- domestic abuse
- racism
- miscarriage
- video store
- hate crime
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Kim Bodnia
as Leo
Mads Mikkelsen
as Lenny
Rikke Louise Andersson
as Louise
Liv Corfixen
as Lea
Levino Jensen
as Louis
Zlatko Burić
as Kitjo
Claus Flygare
as Joe
- OA
Ole Abildgaard
as Videobutik kunde
- GR
Gordana Radosavljevic
as Mika
- MZ
Marko Zecewic
as Marko
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn