En chance til (2014)

	Also Known As: Second chance, Zweite Chance
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Susanne Bier
	Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Bonnevie
	Country: DK
	Genre: Melodrama
	Conditions of visioning: 04.05.2015, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview
Synopsis: Andreas (Coster-Waldau) and Simon (Thomsen) are cops and confronted to a couple of drug addicts having a baby left in his dirt. As his wife Anna (Bonnevie) finds their own baby dead, both turn crazy.
Review: Again Susanne Bier. Good so! As she is to me one of the best modern directors. In the tradition of other Danish directors, it is a melodrama. Because it touches here the life of babies, the viewer can get more emotionnally involved than in the last Susanne Bier (After the wedding). If you have babies, think about twice before watching this movie. For any reason the story is focused on Coster-Waldau while Bonnevie as mother could have given more depth in the story. SPOILER The ending is surprising for the characters as for me.I liked the starters of side stories with an hysterical Anna with her family and with the good cop but alcoholic Simon. Unfortunately these are not developped. Thomsen is excellent as often (e.g. Festen). The main character played by Coster-Waldau has not much authenticity. The directing is also less authentic than usual by Susanne Bier. The lights and the camera do not give her usual authenticity, warmth and emotional closeness but more an impression of action movie.
Rating: 5 /10