There is usually a different pace in a foreign film. It's not so "add" as some American films are. The words kind of soak into you. Of course maybe it's because most of the time you have to read the words because it's subtitled. And if you usually go for the dubbed versions of foreign films then well I just don't know you. In this Danish film we see Robert (Jakob Cedergren), a Copenhagen cop being moved to a small town after an incident that involves him. At first we don't know why or what happened but eventually at some time later we learn what transgressed in Copenhagen. As he starts his daily job as the new police man he starts to see that the town has some strange characters living there. In fact I'd venture to say that everybody that we see in this film is odd in some way. There are secrets and there are unspoken alliances as well in this little town. I would definitely call this a stranger in a strange land! There is a deliberately slow pace to this film but I wasn't bothered by it at all. I'd say it's another winner from a foreign land. Great performance from Cedergren as the police man who is just trying to figure out what's going on in the town. Seek it out. Recommended.
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