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Northwest

2013, Movie, 1h 40min

Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival Björn, he jumps at the chance for a better life, making his way into a world of drugs and prostitution. As things escalate between Björn and Jamal, Casper finds himself and his family dead center of a conflict, that threatens to destroy them.

Country: Denmark

Director:

Michael Noer

Cast:

Lene Maria Christensen,

Roland Møller,

Gustav Dyekjær Giese,

Dulfi Al-Jabouri

Reviews

Critic Ian Freer

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...brutal searing realism and great performances from non-acting-professional brothers Gustav and Oscar Dyekjær Giese.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Mark Kermode

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...convincing but hardly original...

Read full review at The Guardian

Kasper Løvborg

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Noer's raw and believable depiction of the tough life in the underbelly Nordvest is intoxicatingly exciting, nailbitingly tense, and rather sad. With this, a companion piece to his and Lindholm's equally excellent 'R', he emerg...

4 years ago

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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På ingen måder en forherligelse af bandelivet, men et reelt forsøg på at forklare, hvorfor så mange unge lader sig friste af et liv på kanten af samfundet.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Critic Jesper Bo Petersen

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...Noer har i samarbejde med manuskriptforfatter Rasmus Heisterberg skabt en virkelighedsnær gangsterfilm, en tragedie, som Shakespeare kunne have skrevet den, havde han levet i nutidens Nordvest.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

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In the gritty streets of Northwest Copenhagen, an ambitious teenager named Casper is struggling to support his family through petty theft. When he's offered a chance to work for a rival gangster, he jumps at the opportunity, unaware of the dangerous world he's about to enter. As tensions between the two gangs escalate, Casper finds himself caught in the crossfire, forced to make impossible choices to protect his loved ones. Will he survive the violent underworld he's entered, or will he become its next victim?

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