Four people plan to rob a bank on new year's eve, when no one will notice because of the celebrations.
Direction
Four Dogme founders tag-team direct one chaotic night
Acting
Nicolaj Kopernikus's sweaty desperation is uncomfortably real
Director
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each director took one character's perspective; Vinterberg shot the opening, von Trier the disastrous climax. They reportedly fought constantly about whose failure was more existential.
Made for Danish television as part of a Dogme 95 experiment in populist filmmaking—proving even strict rules can't save a heist from human incompetence.
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