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The Judge

2005 · 89 min

A quiet, thoughtful drama that weighs personal and professional loyalties, asking you to sit with difficult choices.

Overview: Jens Christian is a streamlined career man and newly appointed chairman of the Refugee Board. Work is the center of his life, and everything is going well until an adopted son announces his arrival and an unusually difficult asylum case lands on his desk. Suddenly, the right choice is no longer clear to Jens Christian, who is torn between obligations and emotions.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
morality
identity
work
betrayal
Places: workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Gert Fredholm
Written by: Mikael Olsen
Starring: Peter Gantzler, Micky Skeel Hansen, Nastja Arcel, Benjamin Boe Rasmussen, Lars Lunøe, Sarah Boberg, Jesper Lohmann, Jens Bo Jørgensen
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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