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This Charming Man(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-10-02
55%
10 Votes
Time: 0h 30m
Overview:
Lars applies for job training, but his papers are mixed with an immigrant and he's sent instead to Danish class. When he learns that the attractive teacher, Ida, will lose her job if the immigrant isn't in attendance, he decides to go through with the erroneous assignment posing as the other guy. The short film is a comedy of errors, but works in some poignant and scathing observations about xenophobia.
Languages: Danish.
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Movie: This Charming Man
Top 6 Billed Cast
Martin Buch
Lars Hansen/El Hassan
Camilla Bendix
Ida
Farshad Kholghi
Omid
Martin Hestbæk
Niels
Michel Castenholt
Pelle
Anette Støvelbæk
Receptionist Arbejdsformidlingen
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Overview
Lars applies for job training, but his papers are mixed with an immigrant and he's sent instead to Danish class. When he learns that the attractive teacher, Ida, will lose her job if the immigrant isn't in attendance, he decides to go through with the erroneous assignment posing as the other guy. The short film is a comedy of errors, but works in some poignant and scathing observations about xenophobia.
Release Date
2002-10-02
Average
5.55
Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
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Languages:
Dansk
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