DK 2010 colour 110 min.
dir: Thomas Vinterberg
pro: Morten Kaufmann, Nimbus Film APS
sc: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
ph: Charlotte Bruus Christensen  
mus: Thomas Blachman
ed: Andri Stein Gudmundsson, Valdis Oskarsdottir
cast: Jakob Cedergren, Peter Plaugborg, Patricia Schumann, Morten Rose, Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Mads Broe, Mei Oulund Ipsen
dis: The Match Factory

Not yet out of elementary school, Nick and his younger brother have already been hardened by poverty, abuse and alcohol. But these two tough boys still find joy in their newborn baby brother. They gladly make up for the shortcomings of their neglectful alcoholic mother and give the infant the loving care which all children deserve. Although shortlived, this glimmer of hope will haunt them well into adulthood… Moody and anguished, 30-something Nick lives alone in a gloomy tenement shelter. He turns to lifting weights and strong beer to hold back painful memories and loneliness. He finds some comfort with faded beauty Sofie and mentally unstable Ivan, his ex-girlfriend’s brother. Nick has still not come to terms with Ana breaking up with him two years ago, an event which made him erupt into random violence and put him in prison. Nick’s inability to reach out and reconnect with his estranged brother only makes him angrier… Nick’s brother could lose custody of his six-year-old son Martin any day now. Being a responsible father is even tougher for a heroin addict. Nick and his brother have spent their lives trying to love, trying to forget, trying to understand. The brothers will soon get their chance to reconnect and to finally realize that they’re not to blame for everything.