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Fuck Up

Fuck Up

20125.31h 40m

Overview

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.

Directed by Øystein Karlsen
Written by Øystein Karlsen
Produced by Anders Tangen, Hillevi Råberg
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Top Cast

Jon Øigarden

Jon Øigarden

Jack

Tuva Novotny

Tuva Novotny

Robin

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Rasmussen

Atle Antonsen

Atle Antonsen

Glen

Lennart Jähkel

Lennart Jähkel

Leopold

Rebecka Hemse

Rebecka Hemse

Rebecca

Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle

Malin

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Doris Funcke

Rebeccas mor

Sten Ljunggren

Sten Ljunggren

Rebeccas far

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Geir M.V. Andersen

Sint bilselger

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Themes & Keywords

friendshipdrug abuseblack humor

About Fuck Up

Fuck Up is a crime, comedy, drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of friendship, drug abuse, black humor. Directed by Øystein Karlsen, it stars Jon Øigarden, Tuva Novotny, Anders Baasmo Christiansen. Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.

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