In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in the midst of it all Martin's mother suddenly passes away and her tragic death trickers a series of events that not only changes Martin's life forever, but also affects everyone else in the local community. Overwhelmed with grief neither Martin's dad, nor his older brother, is capable to comfort Martin. He enters adulthood in a mixture of drunken happiness and immense sadness over the loss of his mother, and his relationship to both his friend Kim and girlfriend Kristine comes to its natural conclusion.
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
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Cast
Villads Bøye
Martin
Kraka Donslund Nielsen
Kristine
Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Kim
Anders W. Berthelsen
Hans
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Lizzi
Pilou Asbæk
Onkel Kristian
Jens Jørn Spottag
Sten Koch
Anette Støvelbæk
Mona Damefrisør
Jens Malthe Næsby
Jens
Jesper Lohmann
Jacob Lohmann
Rolf
Bodil Lassen
Mormor
Kurt Ravn
Morfar
Anne Louise Hassing
Helle Friis
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