The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false evidence pointing at the emigrant Alain, Johannes stands up to defend Alain. But it comes with a price.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
42 audience votes
Key crew
- Ole BornedalDirector
- Ole BornedalWriter
- Stefan NilssonOriginal Music Composer
- Johan LiljedalOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pernille VallentinScarlett
- Lene NystrømPernille
- Lasse RimmerJohannes
- Fanny Leander BornedalViola
- Jacob OttenstenFrederik
- Lone LindorffAnna
- Jens AndersenLars
- Bojan NavojecAlain
- Kim KoldLeif Christensen
- Sonja RichterPresenter
- Karin NorrinderBritt
- Alexandre WillaumeRoald
Stills
Themes
village lifefamily conflictxenophobiafree us from evil