Country
Denemarken
Year
2000
Language
Danish spoken, English subtitles
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Four bumbling criminals, one remote restaurant and a suitcase full of cash: Flickering Lights is a pitch-black Danish crime comedy that weaves between smooth dialogue, hilarious slapstick and occasionally brutal violence.
When four washed-up gangsters botch a final job and flee with the money, they find themselves stranded in an abandoned house deep in the Danish forest. While waiting for the coast to be clear, they decide to transform the dilapidated building into a restaurant—with more goodwill than talent. In Anders Thomas Jensen's directorial debut, crude jokes and melancholy collide in a completely idiosyncratic blend of crime, absurd humor, and warm humanity.
The film is an early gem for the screenwriter-director and a cult favorite full of bumbling heroes, dry dialogue, and unexpected tenderness—Flickering Lights proves that even the greatest failures deserve a second chance.
The Complete Anders Thomas Jensen
In honor of the release of The Last Viking, Anders Thomas Jensen’s sixth feature film as a director, we’ll be screening in December the five films he directed prior to it. Each one is an absurdist gem full of pitch-black humor and grotesque situations, yet always marked by a keen eye for human behavior and unexpected tenderness.
Agenda
There are no new dates planned (yet) for Flickering Lights - 25th Anniversary.
