THE ESCAPE
synopsis
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group threatening to kill her. However, with help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.
international title: | The Escape |
original title: | Flugten |
country: | Denmark |
sales agent: | Nimbus Film |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Kathrine Windfeld |
film run: | 114' |
release date: | DK 09/01/2009 |
screenplay: | Rasmus Heisterberg |
cast: | Iben Hjejle, Faigh Zamani, Lars Mikkelsen, Rafi Mohammed Bayan, Henrik Prip, Vibeke Hastrup, Sonja Richter, Mikael Birkkjær |
cinematography by: | Jonas Alarik |
film editing: | Sofia Lindgren |
art director: | Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth |
music: | Jean-Paul Wall |
producer: | Morten Kaufmann |
production: | Nimbus Film |
backing: | Danish Film Institute, DR TV, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Swedish Film Institute, SVT, NRK, Sandrew Metronome, Canal+, BOB FilmSweden, Nordisk Film ShortCut, Kameraudlejningen, Mainstream |
distributor: | Sandrew Metronome |