Fasandraeperne (The Absent One)

Two murders, twenty years ago.  A missing girl.  Powerful tycoons.  And detectives Carl and Assad, driven to solve the case and bring the guilty to justice.

Based on a book series, the film plays out like a novel, with a rich background that implies more than it shows.  There's a second film and more to come, so if you're looking for a new crime series to love be ready to dive in.

Fasandraeperne (The Absent One)

2013, 119 minutes, directed by Mikkel Nørgaard

Klovn (Clown: The Movie)

I'm seeing this based on my sister-in-law's wholehearted recommendation.  As I've said many times before, the uncomfortable-situation genre of film comedies are difficult to watch.  To the credit of Clown's nationality, though, it's much easier to handle when the actors are European.  Based on a smash hit television series, the story is about two friends - one creepy, one hapless - who embark on a weekend of debauchery to escape their "boring" normal lives.  Except the hapless one brings along his 11-year-old nephew so as to prove to his girlfriend that he's ready for a family.  Significant crude hilarity follows.

Is the film funny?  Yes.  Does it deserve the fanboy-adoration I saw last night when it won the Gutbuster award for best comedy?  Not really.  I prefer the humor of Carre Blanc.  Watch this if you can tolerate stupid funny and lots of uncomfortable situations.

Klovn (Clown: The Movie)
2010, 90 minutes, directed by Mikkel Nørgaard

Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre (How We Get Rid of the Others)

Lifted from the film, criteria for execution:

THE NEW COPENHAGEN CRITERIA
1 : Citizens that have received, over a long period of time, welfare or other social support, with the exception of state pension.

2 : Citizens who have willingly bypassed Danish law for the purpose of personal gain, including social fraud, systematic moonlighting, tax evasion, etc.

3 : Drug addicts and those who abuse recreational drugs, alcohol, etc.

4 : People who place excessive strain on the hospital system, far above the average.

5 : People who are incapable of caring for their own children.

6 : People who are out of work for unusually long periods of time. Including pensioners who have been invalided prematurely.

7 : People who have lived on the edge of the law for many years. Those who have often been in contact with the courts, swindlers, criminals, even though they haven't necessarily been convicted.

PARDON/EXEMPTION FROM PUNISHMENT
1 : It isn't enough to live up to a single criterion; it is recommended that at least three criteria are achieved before punishment is meted out.

2 : If an individual citizen - even though the person in question qualifies for several criteria - can provide some sort of proof that he or she has contributed to any kind of unselfish activity for the benefit of the common good then the individual will be free from punishment.

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It's an extreme. I have to wonder how many in my country would see this and think "Yeah, let's cut the dead weight. Nothing good ever comes from that class of society." Scary. See this one with intelligent friends.

Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre (How We Get Rid of the Others)
2007, 94 minutes, directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund

I've seen this translated as How to Get Rid of the Others, but the above name was that used in the on-screen translation.

Offscreen

Never see this film.

Offscreen
2006, 93 minutes, directed by Christoffer Boe