Mads Ole Langelund Larsen
Mikkel
It is the 1980s. Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. Here, the family's patriarch psychologist and self-appointed God, Uffe, rules the roost in his dressing gown and underwear. Changes threaten the peace when Uffe decides to write his memoirs.
A story about the beautiful but confused young woman Helene, who, according to her mother, was born as a 'technical error'. Helene suspects that her father, who left his family before Helene was born, might be the once celebrated director of a dilapidated theater in Copenhagen. Assisted by a series of bizarre coincidences and by her mother's dog (a creature in whose shadow Helene has always lived), Helene manages to get closer to her father.
Robert Hansen, un joven agente de policía de Copenhague, ha sido destinado contra su voluntad a la pequeña localidad de Skarrild, para desempeñar labores de comisario. Este destino constituye para él la oportunidad de un nuevo comienzo: la posibilidad de regresar a su destino original en Copenhague dependerá de cómo rinda en esta localidad fronteriza. Pero a Robert le cuesta enormemente entender a la población local y sus actitudes, escasamente civilizadas, con respecto a la ley y el orden. En un pueblo en el que todos se conocen, la gente parece ocuparse de sus asuntos sin injerencias de la autoridad... Seleccionada por Dinamarca como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa.
