Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Jonas Bechmann
Ulf Pilgaard
Martin Schiller
Laura Christensen
Louise
Tuva Novotny
Camilla
David Dencik
Michael
Kim Bodnia
Claes Kiehlert
Henning Jensen
Peter Bechmann
Jesper Langberg
Jørgen Hammel
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Sarah
Henning Valin Jakobsen
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The Candidate is a thriller film released in 2008. Directed by Kasper Barfoed, it stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, Laura Christensen. Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
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