As the 30-year crisis looms, five older young people in Copenhagen find good reason to reconsider their lives. Dennis is about to move in with Kirsten, but he has his reservations, and she has her own unconscious agenda. Thomas and Søs have lived together for several years, but never before have they found reason to doubt the strength of their relationship, given her desire to have children. And Mads is a professional soccer player who has to deal with his own and everyone else's expectations. All of them come to realize that when you are forced to make a choice without knowing the consequences in advance, it can be more than difficult to figure out the next step.
Acting
Kim Sønderholm's quietly devastating performance.
Writing
Dialogue so realistic you'll feel attacked.
Direction
Nørgaard's intimate, voyeuristic handheld style.
Director
Morten Nørgaard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This emerged from Denmark's 2000s 'dogme 95' hangover—lo-fi relationship studies replacing formal constraints with emotional rawness.
Jens Okking's role as Terkel was written specifically for him after the director saw him in a Copenhagen café looking existentially tired.
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