FEATURE FILM

The Bench

7.1/10
TMDB37 votes
Original: 89 min

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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About The Bench

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

The Bench (2000) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus, Sarah Boberg.

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Original language
Runtime
89 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Denmark
Production companies
Zentropa Entertainments
Directors
Writers
Kim Leona, Per Fly

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What is The Bench about?

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.

Who stars in The Bench?

Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus, Sarah Boberg, Lars Brygmann, John Martinus. See the cast cards above for character names.

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