A character-based thriller set in a Danish institute for the study of genocide, this adaptation of the Christian Jungersen novel boils it down to one simple question: why do people do bad things? The more interesting implied question - what makes most people think that they would never do bad things? - goes unaddressed as what might have been an edgy little thriller is transformed by Borgen director Jesper W Nielsen into the kind of bitchy workplace drama that will make many viewers grateful for the Covid lockdown.
Four women share an office at the institute: Iben (Danica Curcic), Malene (Amanda Collin), Anne-Lise (Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Camilla (Lene Maria Christensen). They're currently gathering evidence against a Serbian war criminal and when the former two receive death threats they immediately suspect that he is behind them. The fact that the other two haven't prompts a discussion which gradually gives.
Four women share an office at the institute: Iben (Danica Curcic), Malene (Amanda Collin), Anne-Lise (Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen) and Camilla (Lene Maria Christensen). They're currently gathering evidence against a Serbian war criminal and when the former two receive death threats they immediately suspect that he is behind them. The fact that the other two haven't prompts a discussion which gradually gives.
- 1/21/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A group of unhinged women turn on each other in a by-the-numbers Danish drama written and directed by men
Depressingly, this Danish psychological thriller resurrects some pretty outdated sexist stereotypes with a quartet of emotionally manipulative, unsisterly and two-timing female characters. It comes to us from a trio of men: director Jesper W Nielsen and a script by Christian Torpe, who adapts Christian Jungersen’s bestselling novel about four women working at a small Ngo investigating genocide. When they begin to receive death threats, their suspicions turn on each other – and the film plays with the possibility that inside each of them may lurk a crazy psycho bitch.
Danica Curcic plays Iben, an earnest researcher who was recently held hostage in Kenya by terrorists. Back in Copenhagen she is experiencing Ptsd, at night seeing the child soldier who guarded her, a gentle, soulful-looking boy. Iben works at the Ngo with...
Depressingly, this Danish psychological thriller resurrects some pretty outdated sexist stereotypes with a quartet of emotionally manipulative, unsisterly and two-timing female characters. It comes to us from a trio of men: director Jesper W Nielsen and a script by Christian Torpe, who adapts Christian Jungersen’s bestselling novel about four women working at a small Ngo investigating genocide. When they begin to receive death threats, their suspicions turn on each other – and the film plays with the possibility that inside each of them may lurk a crazy psycho bitch.
Danica Curcic plays Iben, an earnest researcher who was recently held hostage in Kenya by terrorists. Back in Copenhagen she is experiencing Ptsd, at night seeing the child soldier who guarded her, a gentle, soulful-looking boy. Iben works at the Ngo with...
- 1/20/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Ensemble thriller stars Sidse Babett Knudsen (‘Borgen’) and Amanda Collin (‘Raised By Wolves’).
Parkland Entertainment has snapped up UK and Ireland rights to Danish thriller The Exception, in a deal with LevelK.
The UK-based distributor is planning a theatrical, day-and-date release in February 2021.
The psychological thriller revolves around a female cast that includes Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen and Amanda Collin, whose international profile has been recently boosted by her lead role in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised By Wolves.
They are joined by Danica Curcic (Silent Heart) and Lene Maria Christensen (Terribly Happy).
Jesper W. Nielsen directs from a script by Christian Torpe,...
Parkland Entertainment has snapped up UK and Ireland rights to Danish thriller The Exception, in a deal with LevelK.
The UK-based distributor is planning a theatrical, day-and-date release in February 2021.
The psychological thriller revolves around a female cast that includes Borgen star Sidse Babett Knudsen and Amanda Collin, whose international profile has been recently boosted by her lead role in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised By Wolves.
They are joined by Danica Curcic (Silent Heart) and Lene Maria Christensen (Terribly Happy).
Jesper W. Nielsen directs from a script by Christian Torpe,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
More cast lines up to join Knudsen and Danica Curcic.
Danish director Jesper W Nielsen started the shoot yesterday for thriller The Exception, with a cast featuring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Amanda Collin (A Horrible Woman), and Lene Maria Christensen (Terribly Happy).
As the film starts production, Swedish actor Magnus Krepper (Becoming Astrid) and Danish actor Olaf Johannessen (The Killing) have joined the cast.
LevelK is handling international sales for the film and will be discussing with buyers at Toronto.
The Exception is adapted by Christian Torpe from the 2004 bestselling novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen.
The...
Danish director Jesper W Nielsen started the shoot yesterday for thriller The Exception, with a cast featuring Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Amanda Collin (A Horrible Woman), and Lene Maria Christensen (Terribly Happy).
As the film starts production, Swedish actor Magnus Krepper (Becoming Astrid) and Danish actor Olaf Johannessen (The Killing) have joined the cast.
LevelK is handling international sales for the film and will be discussing with buyers at Toronto.
The Exception is adapted by Christian Torpe from the 2004 bestselling novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen.
The...
- 8/29/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Jesper W Nielsen directs a strong female cast that also includes Danica Curcic, Amanda Collin and Lene Maria Christensen.
LevelK has taken on world sales for The Exception, a new Danish thriller starring Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen.
Jesper W. Nielsen directs from a script by Christian Torpe, an adaptation of the hit 2004 novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen, which sold more than 200,000 copies in Denmark and has been published in 20 countries worldwide.
Knudsen, whose credits also include Westworld and The Duke of Burgundy, is joined by a strong female cast that also includes Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Amanda Collin...
LevelK has taken on world sales for The Exception, a new Danish thriller starring Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen.
Jesper W. Nielsen directs from a script by Christian Torpe, an adaptation of the hit 2004 novel by Danish author Christian Jungersen, which sold more than 200,000 copies in Denmark and has been published in 20 countries worldwide.
Knudsen, whose credits also include Westworld and The Duke of Burgundy, is joined by a strong female cast that also includes Danica Curcic (Silent Heart), Amanda Collin...
- 5/9/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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