A Second Chance

How far would you go?


A Second Chance
For this powerful drama, it may be best not to know too much in advance. The story outline is about how a happily married veteran police officer with a new baby makes a fateful decision when he responds to a domestic disturbance at the home of an abusive junkie. In Danish and Swedish with English subtitles.

102 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse).
Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit
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I've got you, kid ...

Credits

Cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie, Thomas Bo Larsen, Peter Haber
Director
Susanne Bier
ScreenplayAnders Thomas Jensen
MusicJohan Söderqvist
CinematographyMichael Snyman
EditingPernille Bech Christensen
Sound formats
Made in2014
Produced byZentropa Entertainments, Danmarks Radio, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film Fyn, Film i Väst, SFI, SVT, Zentropa International Sweden

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageStrong impact, fairly frequent
NudityInfrequent, low impact, non-sexual context.
SexNone
ViolenceStrong impact, realistic and psychological violence, frequent
PrejudiceLow to mild impact, infrequent
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.



Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Leslie Felperin quote iconA few great Danes can't save this tedious melodrama.
10
Metacritic.com
4 critics
7

What the People say

Internet
1590 Netizens quote iconPowerful drama
14

Average .. 52%

10

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