IFFR KINO #43: Nattevagten (1994)
Special IFFR KINO

IFFR KINO #43: Nattevagten (1994)

Hoezo in KINO

We’re back with a brand new season of IFFR KINO. From October 2022 to January  2023 we’re screening an IFFR classic in KINO on every first Wednesday of the month. These gems demand to be seen on the big screen – a great warm-up for our upcoming festival in January.

Credits

Regie
Ole Bornedal
Cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia, Rikke Louise Andersson
Genre
horror, thriller
Speelduur
107 minuten
Land
Denemarken
Taal
Deens
Ondertiteling
English

Storyline

Martin thought that his new job as night watchman in the hospital mortuary would give him plenty of time to study, but things work out differently. His best friend Jens has devised a new jeu sans frontières. They challenge each other and the loser has to surrender his freedom, get married and accept a bourgeois lifestyle. Through this apparently innocuous game, Martin becomes involved in a series of sexual murders. His superstition and the many hours he spends alone among the corpses make Martin start to doubt his own sanity, as a series of carefully planned ‘coincidental’ events make him the obvious suspect. Inspector Wörmer, whom Martin comes to trust, explains that when a serial killer stops killing, a scapegoat is needed to take the blame and Martin, it seems, is the perfect candidate. Gradually it becomes obvious to Martin who exactly is deliberately making him look guilty.