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Denmark

12/05/2019

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1hr 31min

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Comedy

A Great Place To Start A New Life... Sentence.

STORY

Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his welfare, can’t hold a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists mainly of cheap beer and mushy peas. It’s no way to live and he knows it. Then he learns from a TV news report that Danish prisoners have it way better than he does: a job, accessible healthcare, the quiet of the countryside, even an HDTV. They’re practically living in hotels. He says goodbye (and good riddance) to his dingy flat and smuggles himself to Denmark aboard a cargo ship, landing in a quaint town with everything he needs -- including a bank to rob. But when he meets a friendly local barmaid and a lovable stray dog that won’t leave his side, he begins to wonder if prison really is his only chance of a fulfilling life.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Rafe Spall
  • Simone Lykke
  • Steve Speirs
  • Joel Fry
  • Paul Barber

    Directors

  • Adrian Shergold
  • Lloyd Elis
  • Rhun Llewelyn
  • Arizona Eastwood
  • Carol Saunderson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC Film
  • Daybreak Pictures
  • Ffilm Cymru Wales
  • Severn Screen

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • Danish
  • English

Cast

Rafe Spall

Herb

Simone Lykke

Mathilde

Steve Speirs

Harry the Horse

Joel Fry

Kirk

Paul Barber

Kirk's Dad

Elis James

Aubrey

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Chresten

Benedikte Hansen

Sofie

Martin Frislev Ammitsbøl

Bar Boss

Darren Evans

Hywel (Benefits Officer)

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