Jesper Jensen is a successful IT salesman who stops at nothing, even if it means backstabbing his best friend. Being number one in the company and having a beautiful wife and a lovely home, Jesper seems to lead a perfect life, but one day his arrogance and self confidence hits him in the face like a boomerang and he loses everything overnight. Jesper is sentenced to do community service at a recycling center with the odd and funny characters Dion, Theodor, and Lotte. At first he looks down on these people and doesn't want to be associated with them. When he begins to loosen up, however, he discovers that he can learn a lot from their straight forward and honest approach to life.
Acting
Thure Lindhardt's magnificent face-plant into humility.
Writing
Dion's unhinged wisdom drops hit like zen garbage koans.
Director
Rasmus Heide
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sidse Babett Knudsen later starred in Westworld and Borgen; this role as grounded recycling worker Lotte shows her comedic range before international fame.
The Danish 'dansk folkekomedie' tradition loves humbling arrogant urban professionals through encounters with working-class authenticity—this is basically a genre requirement by law.
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