Jagten (The Hunt)

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Now that Canelek forced me to see Jagten (The Hunt), I figured it was better to get a thread for it, than to hijack the Hannibal thread

I just finished watching Jagten, and I must admit I was very impressed.

The movie is about a 40 (or so) year old man, Lucas, who work in a kindergarten, and has a custody fight with his ex-wife.
His best friend Theo, and his wife Agnes fight a lot, so Lucas sometimes follow their daughter Klara to and from the kindergarten. She get a little crush on him, and give him a small present, that he tell her to give to to her mother instead.
She get mad over it, and she concocts a story that leads other teachers in the school to draw conclusions of sexual abuse.
And suddently, the whole community turns against Lucas, and the movie follow his fight against the unwarranted suspiscion.

Mads Mikkelsen, which you might know as the Bond villain Le Chiffre from Casino Royale, or as Hannibal Lecter in the new Hannibal series, delivers an amazing performance as the accused Lucas, and Thomas Bo Larsen delivers a similar stellar performance.

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In particular i really enjoyed the scene in the supermarket where Lucas finally snaps and fights back against the injustice done against him and the Christmas scene where Theo finally realizes whats going on, I started crying when he made a dinner for Lucas and told his wife to get out of the way.

All in all, this is a must see movie, even for you US people who dont like subtitles

As for you people who want to see which awards it got, before seeing it, it won Best Actor, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, and Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist at Cannes in 2012...and the director, Thomas Vinterberg was nominated for the Palme d'Or too .

[Canelek]

Just, really, fabulous. A gorgeous movie!

Next up for me is: Adam's Apples and In China They Eat Dogs (I actually have this one on DVD but totally forgot about it!).

I may also re-watch The Green Butchers and Flickering Lights....and maybe work on my Dansk via Rosetta Stone (Easier than Swedish!).

[Keverian FireCry]

Glad ya both liked it! One of the best dramas I've seen in a long time!