A Second Chance

A Second Chance

103 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 8, 2014

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.

A Second Chance

103 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 8, 2014

A Second Chance
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Zentropa Entertainments, Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio (DR), FilmFyn, Eurimages, Svenska Filminstitutet, Film i Väst, SVT, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Zentropa International Sweden
Original title En chance til
Directors Susanne Bier
Writers Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier

Cast

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

Christian Grønvall

as Truck driver

Ole Dupont

as Funeral attendant

Molly Blixt Egelind

as Woman at nightclub

Søs Egelind

as Caroline

Roland Møller

as Man at nightclub

Sarah Juel Werner

as Woman at playground

Charlotte Fich

as Judge

Claus Riis Østergaard

as Valet in parking lot