The Gift (2008)

3.8/10 93 min Drama

Overview

On Simon's 29th birthday his father Mogens, who has not been part of his and his older brother Jens' lives for many years, suddenly turns up - declaring that he wants to give him a sports car. Mogens is mentally ill and has been in and out of hospital for years, and as he becomes more and more agitated and violent, Jens has to take him back to the hospital. However Mogens manages to talk Jens into helping him find the car. For one day and one night the two of them drive around Copenhagen looking for the car, and the trip becomes a moving odyssey where father and son will finally get to know one another.

Cast

Jakob Cedergren

Jens

Henning Jensen

Mogens

Karen-Lise Mynster

Susanne

Paw Henriksen

Rita Angela

William Rosenberg

Lisbeth Wulff

Rasmus Botoft

Ulf Pilgaard

Lene Brøndum

Niels Gråbøl

Rikke Lylloff

Katrine Falkenberg

Helge Scheuer

Hans Holtegaard

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