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R (2010) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Tobias Lindholm
Michael Noer

Written By:
Tobias Lindholm
Michael Noer

Actors:
Johan Philip Asbæk ..... Rune
Dulfi Al-Jabouri ..... Rashid
Roland Møller ..... Mureren
Jacob Gredsted ..... Carsten
Kim Winther ..... Fængselsbetjent Kim
Omar Shargawi ..... Bazhir
Sune Nørgaard ..... Sune

Synopsis:

A young man foolishly believes he can navigate the violent world of a top-security prison in this gritty drama from Danish filmmakers Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer. Rune (Pilou Asbaek) is in his early twenties and has been sentenced to a stay in a rough lockup where most of the inmates are hardened criminals with long records. Rune's plan is to remain inconspicuous and avoid any unnecessary contact with the hard core of the prison population, but it isn't long before Rune realizes that's impossible, and in order to save his own skin he joins a gang and does their violent bidding. Rune strikes up a friendship with Rashid (Dulfi al-Jaburi), a Muslim his own age, and together they learn the nuts and bolts of the prison gang system. After a while, Rune gets cocky and thinks he understands the hierarchy behind bars well enough to make it work in his favor, but his arrogance comes at a high price. R was shot in Denmark's Horsens Prison, which was shut down by the government several months before the filmmakers moved in.

The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.

This anthropological study of life in a Danish prison, portrays R who has been sentenced to prison for violence. He's insistent on staying out of harm's way and in doing so he is faced with the challenge of navigating through prison culture with its notions of honour, hidden agendas and contracts.

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