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Synopsis: How far would decent human beings be willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? With "A Second Chance", Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen have crafted another startling yet moving drama about how easily we lose our grasp on justice, when confronted with the unthinkable, and life as we know it is hanging by a thread.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Susanne Bier
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Year:
2014
102 min
493 Views


- Anna?

- No!

- Anna, come here.

- No!

- No!

- Anna, sit down!

- No phone calls.

- No.

If they take him,

I'll kill myself!

I will kill myself. I mean it.

- I mean it.

- I understand.

Want some food?

Come on.

Come on.

Eat a little.

Eat something.

Anna?

- Come on.

- You need to get some sleep, honey.

You just ...

You must take these pills, honey.

So you can sleep.

- Here.

- Thank you.

It's all right. Drink.

Here.

- No phone calls.

- I won't call.

You must sleep.

- No phone calls, right?

- I won't call. I promise.

Thank you.

He won't eat.

Leave a message after the beep.

Shh, shh.

My little treasure.

- Alexander?

- It is not Alexander.

It's another baby.

- Alex ...

- It is not him.

Ok.

I have taken their child.

Those people that I've talked about.

Tristan.

I left Alexander there.

I have taken him.

- I want Alexander.

- He's dead.

- He's dead.

- Where is he?

He has died, Anna.

We don't have a child anymore.

We don't have Alexander anymore.

I want Alexander.

Where is he?

Where is he?

Hey, Sonny. Sonny?

Sonny.

Hey! Hey!

Sanne!

Sonny? Sonny?

Come on. Sanne!

- Sanne, come here!

- Yes. Relax.

Come, come, come.

Sanne, come on!

Sonny. Sonny.

- Sanne!

- Yes. Calm down.

Try and take him up. Check whether he is breathing.

Of course, he's breathing.

- What the hell, man ?!

- Is he breathing?

- What the hell have you done?

- Check if he is breathing.

He draws breath?

Check if he's breathing.

What the hell?

You f***ing killed him.

F***!

F***, f***, f***.

We are going to jail.

We are both going to jail.

It's f***ing lie.

F***, f***. F***! F***!

Sh.

It is not fair.

It is not right that we get to

lose Alexander, and they get to destroy him.

You can't

lose a child, Anna.

I lost him.

Alexander is still dead.

Right?

You said,

that you would kill yourself. No?

You said,

that you would kill yourself.

When I met you, you said -

- That the only thing you ever wanted,

was to have a child.

He's ours now.

Simon?

I need your help.

Call as soon as you hear my message.

Hello, Simon.

Hello.

Everything is fine.

- What do you mean?

- The message that you've left.

You sounded

as if you've seen a ghost.

I was just ...

Everything's all right now.

Are you sure?

Is Anna okay? Alexander?

Yes, yes. Anna is doing fine.

Should I just come over?

Sonny is not dead!

- What are you doing?

- He is not dead!

- Shut up, shut up.

- Sonny is not dead!

Shut up.

Shut up.

Do you hear what I say?

If you shout again,

I'll cut your throat.

Do you hear what I say?

Yes, it is good. It's good. So.

- It is not Sonny.

- Keep your f***ing mouth shut.

They seem different,

when they are dead, man!

- It's Sonny!

- Listen.

I won't go back.

I'm not going back and do time

because of you. Do you understand?

We have to do something.

I have a plan, okay?

And we follow through with it.

Trust me, baby. Okay.

Let him go now. Let him go.

Come on, baby. Come, come.

That's great, honey.

Huh?

- What was that?

- They haven't reported it yet.

- Why not?

- Because they just don't care.

They are safe and sound.

- Someone will find out.

- There's nothing to find out.

They will never suspect us.

Come here. Here.

It is no crime. It would

it be if Tristan have smashed him.

We're going to save him.

I know it's hard to see that now.

We do something.

Oh, damn.

- Hello, Simon.

- Hello.

- May I come in?

- No. Lets just go out.

- You sounded strange on the phone.

- Everything is fine.

- I can see that it's not.

- Go now.

I won't go anywhere. You look like sh*t.

It is Anna.

She is not feeling well.

I have to go back to her, okay?

We'll see.

- Let me know if there's anything.

- Yes, yes.

Did you say that there was something wrong with me?

Why the hell

would you say that there's something wrong with me?

- Sorry.

- Stop it!

It's f***ing not me,

there is something wrong with! It is you!

It is you.

Anna?

Hello, you. Hello.

So.

Maybe we should ask your parents

to come and help?

- They still wouldn't come.

- No.

I must go to work and find out

why they didn't report it.

So Alexander is just there.

I wish I could be there.

I will not be a mother.

- Come on.

- I don't think I'm supposed to.

I miss Alexander.

I do too.

Huh? Huh?

Hello.

Should we turn around here?

So we can take a nap.

Should you have a little nap?

Excuse me? Hey! Do you have a light?

Thank you. Hello.

Yes? What?

From whom?

No, damn it! It's f***ing lie!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

- What happened?

- He ran away with Sonny!

- He ran away with my son!

- Who?

Call the police! Hey! Hey!

No! Come back!

Come back!

I have to ask about it.

Is Anna okay?

- What's the matter?

- Hold up.

A baby of seven weeks has disappeared

on a playground at Solbakken.

Station 5 here. We are on the way.

Good morning. As you can see,

We have closed off the area.

- He ran that way.

- Is it those who have lost a child?

We can cancel the barrier.

No, Tristan?

- What did you say?

- We don't need a barrier.

He does not believe a damn thing I'm saying.

I stand there talking on my phone.

A guy comes running,

takes my son and runs in that direction.

I get them to call.

And I run down to a parked car.

I couldn't see the plates.

- He looked Eastern European.

- Shut up.

- I run after him ...

- Hey, hey. Wait right here.

Look at me, Sanne.

Look at me.

Where is Sonny?

Someone took him.

- Where is Sonny?

- Someone has taken him, dammit!

Someone has taken him?

You didn't just forget him somewhere?

Tristan.

Tristan, come here.

- What?

- Come here.

- I know that you are lying.

- What are you talking about?

Tell me,

where did you hide the child.

- My son has been kidnapped.

- Tell me. Where is he?

- I said, I ran after ...

- What the hell have you done to him?

- Hey, hey!

- You got a f***ing problem?

Now relax, okay?

- Sorry.

- What the hell's wrong with you?

It just seems absurd.

- We can't know that for sure.

- You can tell he's lying.

I know damn well he's lying.

Quiet, right?

So let us take her.

I can break her in two seconds.

-

What have you done with him?

Don't bother.

We know he hasn't been kidnapped.

We are not idiots.

You've lied to us the whole time.

How have you done with him?

Is he dead?

Have you killed him?

- He is not dead.

- Where is he then?

- He is not dead.

- What have you done to Sonny, Sanne?

- It is not him.

- What have you done to Sonny?

- It is not him.

- "It's not him," you say.

Who was it?

We don't think that

you did anything to Sonny.

If something has happened to Sonny,

it doens't have to be your fault.

If you let Tristan do something stupid

with him, we can't help you.

I think there're enough people like me

who have children. I am a bad mother.

But I have never

harmed him.

Yes, I think you're a bad mother.

You should never have had children.

As of me, you can rot

in prison. It depends on you.

I could feel it

if he was dead. He is not dead.

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Anders Thomas Jensen

Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film Election Night won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. more…

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