Released:
1999-09-03

Overview:
A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.

Director:
Nils Gaup

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
  as
  Espen Arnakke
• 
  Stuart Graham
  as
  John Wakefield
• 
  Anneke von der Lippe
  as
  Jenny
• 
  Bjørn Floberg
  as
  Johan Hoeg
• 
  Hywel Bennett
  as
  The Captain