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The Candidate (2008)
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Add to a movie listThe Candidate is a 2008 Danish film, the first Danish film shot in the 2-perf format. Its original Danish title is Kandidaten. The film tells the story of Jonas Bechmann who believes the car accident that killed his father was no accident. When he goes in search of the facts behind his father's death, he finds himself set up for murder.
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Advocate Jonas Bechmann is going through a crisis. It has been one year since his father died in a car crash. Although the police have not pursued the case, Jonas believes it was, in fact, murder, connected to the last case his father worked on. To investigate the murder, Jonas quits his job and applies for the post at the law firm his father left open when he died. He is denied the job but told by his father's old partner, Martin Schiller, that evidence has been found his father took a bribe to make evidence disappear that incriminated his last client, Claes Kiehlert. Furthermore, Martin implies that Jonas' father was killed because the evidence turned up in court after all.Actors
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
(Jonas Bechmann)
Ulf Pilgaard
(Martin Schiller)
Laura Christensen
(Louise)
Tuva Novotny
(Camilla)
David Dencik
(Michael)
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