Detective Andreas’ (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) seemingly perfect life is thrown into disarray when he is called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple to find their infant son neglected and crying in a closet. With red tape stopping Andreas from intervening to protect the child the usually collected policeman finds himself powerless and shaken to the core. Slowly losing his grip on right and wrong he decides to take justice from outside the law and in to his own hands in an attempt to save the child from a life of destitution and an early grave.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Detective Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) seemingly perfect life is thrown into disarray when he is called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple to find their infant son, neglected and crying in a closet. With red tape stopping Andreas from intervening to protect the child, the usually collected policeman finds himself powerless and shaken to the core. Slowly losing his grip on right and wrong he decides to take justice from outside the law and in to his own hands in an attempt to save the child from a life of destitution and an early grave.
Susanne Bier directs this Danish drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. When police officer Andreas (Coster-Waldau) finds the neglected baby boy of two drug addicts he reports it to the authorities who choose not to get involved since the child is not malnourished. Still grieving from the loss of his own child, Andreas kidnaps the infant and takes him home to his wife Anne (Maria Bonnevie) so they can look after him. When Andreas's colleague Simon (Ulrich Thomsen) discovers what he has done he tries to resolve the situation. Meanwhile, the threat of losing another child drives Andreas and Anne to despair...
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