''Dark Horse'' ( da, Voksne mennesker) is a 2005 Danish-Icelandic film directed by

Dagur Kári Dagur Kári (born Dagur Kári Pétursson; 12 December 1973) is an Icelandic film director. Early life and education He was born in Paris, France, to Icelandic parents. The family returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old. After attending loca ...

, about a young man, his best friend, and a girl. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2005 Cannes Film Festival The 58th Cannes Film Festival started on 11 May and ran until 22 May 2005. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on 21 May. The Palme d'Or went to the Belgian film '' L'Enfant'' by Dardenne brothers. ...

Cast and characters

* Jakob Cedergren as Daniel *

Nicolas Bro Nicolas Bro (born 16 March 1972) is a Danish actor born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Background Bro grew up in a family of actors; his mother is Danish actress Helle Hertz and father is the actor Christoffer Bro. His brother Anders Peter Bro is a ...

as Morfar * Tilly Scott Pedersen as Franc *

Morten Suurballe Morten Sasse Suurballe (born 8 March 1955) is a Danish actor, best known for playing Detective Chief Inspector Lennart Brix in the three television series '' The Killing'' (Danish: ''Forbrydelsen'', “The Crime”) in which he played alongside S ...

as Dommeren *

Angela Bundalovic Angela Bundalovic (born 1995) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her role as Beatrice in the Netflix television series '' The Rain'' (2018), Nadja in ''Limboland'' (2020), and Miu in ''Copenhagen Cowboy'' (2022). Life and career Angela ...

as Dommeren's daughter *

Bodil Jørgensen Bodil Jørgensen (born 3 March 1961) is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in 40 films since 1992. She starred in ''The Idiots'', which was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. On 18 June 2014, Jørgensen was severely injured while s ...

as Gunvor *

Nicolaj Kopernikus Nicolaj Kopernikus (born Nicolaj Christiansen, 9 August 1967 in Glostrup) is a Danish actor most famous for his portrayal of Vagn Skærbæk in the first series of the crime drama series '' The Killing''. Kopernikus won a Bodil Award for Best Ac ...

as Tejs * Anders Hove as Herluf C * Kristian Halken as Allan Simonsen *

Thomas W. Gabrielsson Thomas Waern Gabrielsson (born 29 June 1963) is a Swedish actor, active in Sweden and Denmark. He was born in Gothenburg. Stage career In 1998 Gabrielsson performed solo in the 70 minute monologue dramatisation of The Evil at the Theater ''La ...

as Sleep researcher Arne * Michelle Bjørn-Andersen as Dommerens' wife * Pauli Ryberg as Skule Malmquist *

Mikael Bertelsen Mikael Bertelsen (born Mikael Simson Bertelsen on 5 October 1967) is a Danish radio and TV personality. He was a channel executive at public service station Radio24syv with Mads Brügger Mads Brügger (; born 24 June 1972) is a Danish filmmake ...

as clerk *

Asta Esper Hagen Andersen The General Students' Committee (German: Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) or AStA, is the acting executive board and the external representing agency of the (constituted) student body at universities in most German states. It is therefore consid ...

as grandmother Lovisa * Vera Gebuhr as lady in bakery * Peder Pedersen as graffiti artist

References

External links

* 2005 films 2000s Danish-language films 2005 romantic comedy films Films directed by Dagur Kári Danish romantic comedy films Nimbus Film films Films shot in Almería Icelandic romantic comedy films {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub