The Bench

The Bench

He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.

2000 da 89 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His initial instinct is to avoid her, but by chance he ends up helping to look after Jonas, her six-year-old son. For the first time for years Kaj need not survive on his own devices. Now he has responsibilities and a family of his own.

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Cast

Jesper Christensen

Jesper Christensen

Kaj

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Stig

Jens Albinus

Jens Albinus

Kim

Sarah Boberg

Sarah Boberg

Connie

Lars Brygmann

Lars Brygmann

Lars

John Martinus

John Martinus

Toilet Attendant

Petrine Agger

Petrine Agger

Nurse

Anette Støvelbæk

Anette Støvelbæk

Kim's Neighbor

Marius Sonne Janischefska

Marius Sonne Janischefska

Jonas

Stine Holm Joensen

Stine Holm Joensen

Liv

Benjamin Boe Rasmussen

Benjamin Boe Rasmussen

Bo

Lars Ranthe

Lars Ranthe

Kaptajnen

Holger Perfort

Holger Perfort

Mr. Nandrup

Britta Lillesøe

Britta Lillesøe

Lis

Ann Kristine Schmidt

Ann Kristine Schmidt

Receptionist

Rikke Bendsen

Rikke Bendsen

Irene

Ali Kahn

Ali Kahn

Merchant

Michael Bengtson

Michael Bengtson

Michael

Kim Lerche Nielsen

Kim Lerche Nielsen

Kim

Erik Rasmussen

Erik Rasmussen

Tarzan

Yousef Sundoo

Yousef Sundoo

Immigrant Boy 1

Fraz Jamil

Fraz Jamil

Immigrant Boy 2

Erik Hovby Jørgensen

Erik Hovby Jørgensen

Carsten (uncredited)

Søren Malling

Søren Malling

Man (uncredited)

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