Country
Denemarken
Year
2003
Language
Danish spoken, English subtitles
Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Two failed butchers, one dark secret, and a town addicted to their "specialty": The Green Butchers serves up dark humor with a wickedly delicious twist. According to our programmer, it's Jensen's funniest film.
After years of humiliation at the hands of their boss, Bjarne and Svend decide to open their own butcher shop. Business is slow—until a fatal accident leaves them with a truly special piece of meat. What follows is a deranged satire on ambition, hypocrisy, and the thin line between success and madness. In The Green Butchers, Danish pitch-black humor balances on a razor's edge: as grotesque as it is moving, as absurd as it is relatable. Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas visibly relish the role of two outsiders pursuing their dream, no matter the cost.
With its signature blend of morbid humor and unexpected tenderness, The Green Butchers is a scathingly delicious commentary on human desire—and on what we're all willing to swallow.
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 The Green Butchers.
