Flickering Lights
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| Flickering Lights | |
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| Directed by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Written by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Starring | Søren Pilmark Mads Mikkelsen Ulrich Thomsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Language | Danish |
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Flickering Lights (Danish: Blinkende Lygter) is a Danish action-comedy from 2000 by Anders Thomas Jensen.
[edit] Plot
"Flickering Lights" (Danish: "Blinkende Lygter") is about four small gangsters from Copenhagen who trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and forming it into a restaurant. But they can't avoid being caught up by their past.
[edit] Cast
- Søren Pilmark - Torkild
- Ulrich Thomsen - Peter
- Mads Mikkelsen - Arne
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas - Stefan
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- Sofie Gråbøl - Hanne (Stefan's girlfriend)
- Iben Hjejle - Therese (Torkild's girlfriend)
- Ole Thestrup - Alfred (Hunter)
- Frits Helmuth - Carl (doctor)
- Peter Andersson - The Boss
[edit] Won awards
- Robert Festival 2001:
- Audience Award
- Best Cinematography
