A Place Nearby 2000
6.1 / 10
A Place Nearby
The city is gasping for air in the scorching summer heat; everyone is under suspicion; a persistent detective superintendent is burrowing for the truth. A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son, who is suspected of murdering a local girl. The mother knows her son could have committed the murder, but she conceals her knowledge, and gradually becomes entangled in a thicket of lies. How far is she prepared to go to protect her son who is helpless in so many ways? Does she have it within her to give up the only person she loves?
The city is gasping for air in the scorching summer heat; everyone is under suspicion; a persistent detective superintendent is burrowing for the truth. A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son, who is suspected of murdering a local girl. The mother knows her son could have committed the murder, but she conceals her knowledge, and gradually becomes entangled in a thicket of lies. How far is she prepared to go to protect her son who is helpless in so many ways? Does she have it within her to give up the only person she loves?
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... Fru Nielsen
... Brian
... Jespersen
... Baronen
... Posekonen
... Lille Brian
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Release Date:
Jan 21, 2000 (Denmark)
Run Time:
1hr 40`
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Original Language:
Danish
Production Countries:
Denmark
Status:
Released
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A Place Nearby - A Place Nearby
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Cast
... Fru Nielsen
... Brian
... Jespersen
... Baronen
... Posekonen
... Lille Brian
... Sarons Rose
... Ung kvinde
... Ung mand
... Pædagogen
... Jacinskij
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Niels Weyde... 1. Læge
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Peter Aude...
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Ian Burns...
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Tina Dalhoff... Producer
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