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Original title

Portland

Year

1996

Running time

103 min.

Country

Denmark

Director

Niels Arden Oplev

Screenwriter

Niels Arden Oplev

Cast

Cinematography

Henrik Jongdahl

Producer

Zentropa Productions

Genre

Drama | Crime

Synopsis

Janus has just been released from prison. He immediately teams up with his juvenile delinquent little brother Jakob, steals a car and meets gang leader Lasse at the Café Teuton. Lasse invites Janus to live in his sister Eva's apartment and then gives him his first assignment which is to go down to local housing projects and frighten the sick and elderly into handing over their drug prescriptions so that Lasse will have a good supply to sell. Trouble erupts when Janus and Eva get into a violent relationship.

Awards: 1996: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Portland

1996

Niels Arden Oplev