DENMARK: Manslaughter (Drabet) 2005

Director: Per Fly
Stars: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Charlotte Fich, Beate Bille.
Release date: Denmark-26th August 2005
Length: 103 mins

At a quick glance of the imagery from the film one doesn't get the impression that it's a must see, but with the knowledge that it has become a critical success in it's own country, one would easily determine that something worthy is afoot. It's the concluding film in Per's study on social classes after Bænken (The Bench) & Arven (The Inheritance). It was recently nominated for 14 Roberts (Danish Academy Awards) & should be a fitting reward for an ambitious study on contemporary Danish life. Another Zentropa (Lars Von Trier, created Dogma) production. The craggy faced stalwart & highly respected Jesper Christensen makes his 3rd appearance in the trilogy, while Charlotte Fich from the tv cop show Rejseholdet plays his estranged wife.

SYNOPSIS:
Carsten, a 50-year-old, married high-school teacher, is having an affair with Pil, a much younger woman, who is politically active. Carsten's wife, Nina, wants a divorce. Pil is involved in a political action that results in the death of a policeman. Suddenly, Carsten's neat, structured life is spinning out of control.