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Fantasten

2017 · 97 min

A tense, grounded thriller that keeps you on edge as a father's gambling addiction spirals into a desperate fight to protect his son.

Directed by
Christian Dyekjær
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Bro, Dejan Čukić, Rikke Lylloff
Overview
When Claus, a car salesman and a passionate gambler, gets his 19-year-old son Silas mixed up in considerable gambling debts owed to criminals, he is forced to put his own life at risk to save his son.

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Directed by
Christian Dyekjær
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Nicolas Bro, Dejan Čukić, Rikke Lylloff
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • family
  • crime
  • survival
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Christian Dyekjær
Written by
Rasmus Horskjær, Christian Dyekjær
Starring
Nicolas Bro, Dejan Čukić, Rikke Lylloff, Adam Brix, Michel Saouma, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Dya Josefine Hauch, Janus Nabil Bakrawi
Runtime
97 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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