The Bench
2000, Danish. Directed by Per Fly.
He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His initial instinct is to avoid her, but by chance he ends up helping to look after Jonas, her six-year-old son. For the first time for years Kaj need not survive on his own devices. Now he has responsibilities and a family of his own.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Danish
- Rated
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- Released
- 26 August 2000
- Original title
- Bænken
- Country
- Denmark
- Written by
- Per Fly, Kim Leona
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The Bench runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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The Bench isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 August 2000. (Checked 30 October 2026.)
What movies are like The Bench?
If you liked The Bench, try Hellion, Thirteen, Broken.
Who directed The Bench?
The Bench (2000) was directed by Per Fly and stars Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus.