''Flickering Lights'' (Danish: ''Blinkende Lygter'') is a 2000 Danish black comedy

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directed and written by Anders Thomas Jensen, and starring

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, Ulrich Thomsen, Iben Hjejle, and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.

Plot

Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and turning it into a restaurant. But their past eventually catches up with them.

Cast

as Torkild * Ulrich Thomsen as Peter *

as Arne * Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Stefan * Sofie Gråbøl as Hanne (Stefan's girlfriend) * Iben Hjejle as Therese (Torkild's girlfriend) * Ole Thestrup as Alfred (Hunter) * Frits Helmuth as Carl (doctor) * Peter Andersson as The Faroese * Niels Anders Thorn as William * Henning Jensen as Peters Father * Solbjørg Højfeldt as Peters Mother

Accolades

* '' Robert Festival 2001'': :Audience Award :Best Cinematography

References

External links

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' at Eurochannel 2000 films 2000 black comedy films 2000s crime comedy films Danish action comedy films Danish black comedy films Danish crime comedy films 2000s Danish-language films Films directed by Anders Thomas Jensen Films with screenplays by Anders Thomas Jensen Films set in Denmark 2000 action comedy films 2000 directorial debut films 2000 comedy films {{Denmark-film-stub