Bleeder

1999 1h 38m DA

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6.7

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6.8

IMDB

★6.7TMDB · 223★6.8IMDB · 9,890

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Synopsis

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Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kim Bodnia
Leo
Mads Mikkelsen
Lenny
Rikke Louise Andersson
Louise
Liv Corfixen
Lea
Levino Jensen
Louis
Zlatko Burić
Kitjo
Claus Flygare
Joe
Ole Abildgaard
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers: Nicolas Winding Refn, Louise Trampedach
Languages: Danish, Serbian
Countries: Denmark

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Danish, Serbian.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, shot by Morten Søborg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Peter Peter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anne Østerud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kim Bodnia and Mads Mikkelsen and Rikke Louise Andersson carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0161292 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nicolas Winding Refn directs. Morten Søborg behind the camera. Peter Peter scores. Anne Østerud cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish, Serbian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Danish, Serbian.
4Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, shot by Morten Søborg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Peter Peter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Anne Østerud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kim Bodnia and Mads Mikkelsen and Rikke Louise Andersson carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0161292 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "suicide", "copenhagen, denmark", "kidnapping", "male friendship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Morten Søborg
Original score: Peter Peter
Editing: Anne Østerud
Production design: Peter De Neergaard
Costume design: Loa Miller
Makeup / hair: Louise Bruun
Sound: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Stunt coordinator: Stig Günther
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,000,000
Original language: DA
IMDB: Bleeder (1999)
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 9,890 votes

Awards

2 wins & 12 nominations total

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What people are saying

r96sk2023-09-26
★ 6/10
Decent, but quite forgettable. A second flick from director Nicolas Winding Refn, as he gets all the old <em>'Pusher'</em> gang back together: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen and Zlatko Burić return onscreen together. The latter two are wasted, aside from some quips about cinema (I know Letterboxd ate that up!) and one aimless relationship subplot. I like what Bodnia provides as lead, even if his performance isn't too far adrift from what he gives in that aforementioned 1996 release. There is at least one scene involving an injection that will remain in my mind (not that it made the most sense, given the character's connection with the injecter's sibling but...). Aside from that though, I don't think <em>'Bleeder'</em> offers all that much in my opinion. 6/10.

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