The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.
Direction
Tandem directors turn streets into suffocating maze.
Acting
Lohmann's Mike: a powder keg of fear and bravado.
Cinematography
Handheld chaos that refuses you any comfort.
Director
Frederik Louis Hviid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in real Danish 'ghetto' areas during heightened national debates on 'parallel societies' and police relations with minority communities.
The directors insisted on casting non-actors from the actual neighborhoods, blurring fiction with lived tension.
DK
