Flickering Lights (2000)

★ 7.1 1h 49m 241 votes IMDb

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.

Flickering Lights

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Cast

Søren Pilmark
Søren Pilmark as Torkild Age 70 · København, Danmark Søren Pilmark was born on October 16, 1955 in Copenhagen, Denmark as Søren Louis Pilmark. He is an actor and writer, known for Flickering Lights (2000), King's Game (2004) and The Keeper of Lost Cause...
Ulrich Thomsen
Ulrich Thomsen as Peter Age 62 · Odense, Denmark Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film The Celebration and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series Ba...
Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen as Arne Age 60 · Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæsˈme̝kl̩sn̩]; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher fil...
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Stefan Age 52 · Rødovre, Denmark Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973) is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is the son of actor Preben Kaas and actor and writer Anne Mar...
Sofie Gråbøl
Sofie Gråbøl as Hanne Age 57 · Frederiksberg, Danmark Sofie Gråbøl (Danish pronunciation: [sofiːˀə ˈɡ̊ʁɔb̥øl]; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a series of films, starting with the lead role in the 1986 film version of Tove Ditl...
Iben Hjejle
Iben Hjejle as Therese Age 55 · København, Danmark Iben Hjejle (born March 22, 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the John Cusack film High Fidelity (2000). In Denmark, she is best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom La...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 8/10 Sep 28, 2023
Almost unsure as to what I think about <em>'Flickering Lights'</em>.

The film, to me anyway, has such an odd feel to it throughout, there's a weird mix of story elements and I'm not convinced it all works - and yet, I actually really like it... I think. In parts, though, if I closed my eyes it would sound like one sorta movie and if I covered my ears it would look like a different one.

What I mean is, the music doesn't quite match the onscreen events. Is the music good? Sure, but the more dramatic pieces don't fit with the rough and tumble nature of the plot. With that said, I do really love how the film begins/ends and how it all comes full circle - coolly done. The flick utilises flashbacks excellently, also.

Cast-wise, it's absolutely solid. Søren Pilmark is an able lead, while Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, among a few others, are good behind Pilmark. I will say that the latter's part of the storyline with Sofie Gråbøl was off, it wraps up disappointingly... especially given *that* moment with Pilmark's Torkild, which should've sealed the opposite outcome.

Interesting that Thomsen, Mikkelsen and director Anders Thomas Jensen would go on to make <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/adams-apples/" rel="nofollow">Adam's Apple'</a></em> together five years after this. One of the flashbacks in this actually features heavy similarities to that 2005 film, which was presumably inspired by the short story used here.

All in all, a very good release from 2000; even if it does leave a little bit of a strange aftertaste for me personally.

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