This Charming Man (2002)

6.0/10 • 30 min • Comedy

Overview

Lars applies for job training, but his papers are mixed with an immigrant and he's sent instead to Danish class. When he learns that the attractive teacher, Ida, will lose her job if the immigrant isn't in attendance, he decides to go through with the erroneous assignment posing as the other guy. The short film is a comedy of errors, but works in some poignant and scathing observations about xenophobia.

Cast

Martin Buch

Lars Hansen/El Hassan

Camilla Bendix

Ida

Farshad Kholghi

Omid

Martin Hestbæk

Niels

Michel Castenholt

Pelle

Anette Støvelbæk

Receptionist Arbejdsformidlingen

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