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The Sunfish
The Sunfish

The Sunfish

Love & Fishing Quotas

Genres

Drama

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Kesse is a third generation fisherman, living in a small coastal town in Northern Jutland. Life trudges along without surprises, but all this is about to change. The fishing industry is hit by financial crisis and the small fishing boats are swiftly put out of competition by big corporations. In desperation, Kesse tries to find a way out of his hopeless plight and has to resort to dishonest means, on top of having to fire his best friend and lone employee. As if this wasn't enough, he gets an unwelcome guest on-board in the form of marine biologist Gerd from Copenhagen, sent to study the fishing. Søren Balle's debut feature is a funny and touching film about love, friendship and the difficult art of dealing with change.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

27 January 2014

Country

Denmark

Cast

Henrik Birch

Henrik Birch

Kesse

Susanne Storm

Susanne Storm

Gerd

Lars Torpp Thomsen

Lars Torpp Thomsen

Lille Lars

Mikkel Vadsholt

Mikkel Vadsholt

Sorte

Kresten Andersen

Kresten Andersen

Henning

Mikkel Vadsholt

Mikkel Vadsholt

Lone Rødbroe

Lone Rødbroe

Allan Helge Jensen

Allan Helge Jensen

Hanne Laursen

Hanne Laursen

Jytte Kvinesdal

Jytte Kvinesdal

Ole Sørensen

Ole Sørensen

Michael Derlev Harbo

Michael Derlev Harbo

Lars Ditlev Johansen

Lars Ditlev Johansen

Martin Ringsmose

Martin Ringsmose

Bjarne Eilers

Bjarne Eilers

Jørgen Bing

Jørgen Bing

Alf Gundersen

Alf Gundersen

Per Kristensen

Per Kristensen

Kjeld "Jolle" Kristensen

Kjeld "Jolle" Kristensen

Normann Jensen

Normann Jensen

Lotte Storgaard

Lotte Storgaard

John "Gumbas" Jensen

John "Gumbas" Jensen

Katrine Stein

Katrine Stein

Melissa Pedersen

Melissa Pedersen

Tine Ketilsson

Tine Ketilsson

Keld Hahn

Keld Hahn

Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

Carsten

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