2 Movies Directed by Lasse Spang Olsen

In China They Eat Dogs

In China They Eat Dogs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-10

Languages:

Danish, English, Serbo-Croatian, German

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (14931 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket. A few days later Franz's wife visits him lamenting that she needed the swag for an IVF. To obtain the money Arvid and his criminal brother Harald plan a thievery, which ends bloodily and drags them into real trouble.

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-12

Languages:

Danish, Swedish, Serbian

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (7046 Reviews)

Fullplot:

The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell. Peter and Martin - the two chefs - want to get him out and soon father and son meet for the first time in their lives. They get on from the word go, but now dad needs a liver transplant and Ludvig and Harald set about raising the wherewithal. Everything goes wrong when they try to rob a bank, though they meet Mille, who puts them onto a new trail, and Peter and Martin also make a contribution. However, soon they have the cops and the anti-terror corps on their tails.

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