A Place Nearby

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A Place Nearby (2000)

Directed by Kaspar Rostrup

“A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son.”

Drama · 1h 40m

The city is gasping for air in the scorching summer heat; everyone is under suspicion; a persistent detective superintendent is burrowing for the truth. A fiercely penetrating drama about a mother's love for her autistic adult son, who is suspected of murdering a local girl. The mother knows her son could have committed the murder, but she conceals her knowledge, and gradually becomes entangled in a thicket of lies. How far is she prepared to go to protect her son who is helpless in so many ways? Does she have it within her to give up the only person she loves?

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Cast

Crew

Director
Kaspar Rostrup
Writer
Kaspar Rostrup
Editor
Grete Møldrup
Producer
Tina Dalhoff

Details

Original title
Her i nærheden
Release date
2000-01-21
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DA
Spoken languages
Danish
Countries
Denmark
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark