Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Bench easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Bench end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Bench violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Bench

Name: The Bench
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Jens Albinus, Sarah Boberg, Lars Brygmann

He has a life, he isn't proud of, and a past that he doesn't want to remember.

Directed by Per Fly

Produced by Zentropa Entertainments

200089 min7.1 / 10

A quiet, character-driven drama about a broken man finding redemption and purpose through unexpected family reconnection and the responsibility of caring for his grandson.

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.

Clusters

Unlikely Caregiver Friendships Coping With Grief Overcoming Adversity Stories Emotional Downfall Alcohol and Drinking

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Friendship Self-abandonment Alcoholism Poverty Family Second Chance Father And Daughter

Questions people ask

Is The Bench sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is The Bench easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is The Bench scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Does The Bench end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
Is The Bench violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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