Denmark (2019)

Name: Denmark
Director: Adrian Shergold
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2019-12-05
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Cast: Rafe Spall, Simone Lykke, Steve Speirs, Joel Fry

Comedy

Director: Adrian Shergold

Cast: Rafe Spall, Simone Lykke, Steve Speirs, Joel Fry

Runtime91 min

Rating15

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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.

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Directed by Adrian Shergold, this 2019 comedy offers a unique blend of dark humor and heartwarming moments as a down-on-his-luck Englishman, played by Rafe Spall, decides to start a new life in the idyllic Danish countryside after learning about the cushy lifestyles of the country's prisoners.

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Denmark is a 2010 short film co-written and directed by Daniel Fickle and scored by Gideon Freudmann of The Portland Cello Project. Utilizing puppetry and hand-built sets the film tells a story about Pily, a crustacean of mixed origin, who builds a rocket ship to escape his underwater home when it becomes threatened by pollution.