It feels like you fall into the middle of a fast-moving, confusing
world. Then you gradually begin to find your bearings as the story
gradually assembles itself around you.

It centres on one of the most realistically drawn cinematic
characters I have seen in recent years. Thomas Seyr is not
particularly likeable, although he does have some redeeming
qualities; he is unpredictable, inconsistent, bold and confident,
while being troubled and tormented by his inability to give
expression to the very different person that he feels he could be.
This is, in short, a fully human and entirely believable
characterisation.

The other characters are well drawn as well, particularly his
father, so brilliantly played by Niels Arestrup. It is the father /
son relationship which is at the heart of this film; a father who
the son loves, but whose brutal and corrupting world he wants to
escape.

A tragic but truly human film.

[IMDB link: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0411270/combined ]