# A Second Chance (2015)

> A Danish police drama becomes a harrowing moral thriller when family tragedy makes justice feel dangerously uncertain.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/145021

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama
- Director: Susanne Bier
- Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, May Andersen, Maria Bonnevie, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Peter Haber, Ewa Fröling
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3305316/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: bleak, disturbing, intimate, serious movie night, arthouse thriller night

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