Flickering Lights
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| Directed by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
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| Written by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
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Søren Pilmark Mads Mikkelsen Ulrich Thomsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
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| Cinematography | Eric Kress |
| Edited by | Anders Villadsen |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Flickering Lights (Danish: Blinkende Lygter) is a 2000 Danish black comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen starring Søren Pilmark, Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. A major success in its native Denmark, it is frequently elected in polls as the greatest film in Danish cinema.
Plot
Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish 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 their past eventually catches up with them.
Cast
- Søren Pilmark as Torkild
- Ulrich Thomsen as Peter
- Mads Mikkelsen as Arne
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Stefan
- Sofie Gråbøl as Hanne (Stefan's girlfriend)
- Iben Hjejle as Therese (Torkild's girlfriend)
- Ole Thestrup as Alfred (Hunter)
- Frits Helmuth as Carl (doctor)
- Peter Andersson as The Boss
- Niels Anders Thorn as William
- Henning Jensen as Peters Father
- Solbjørg Højfeldt as Peters Mother
Awards Won
- Robert Festival 2001:
- Audience Award
- Best Cinematography