The Green Butchers
There is something mythological about killing an animal and then mocking it by sticking it into its own intestine
7.1 / 10
100 minutes
2003-03-08
Danish
DK
Actors :
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse, Nicolas Bro, Aksel Erhardtsen, Bodil Jørgensen, Ole Thestrup, Lily Weiding, Camilla Bendix, Tomas Villum Jensen, Elsebeth Steentoft, Mikkel Vadsholt, Peter Lambert, Jeppe Kaas, Jakob Cedergren
Description
A black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's intellectually disabled twin brother Eigil.
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Reviews
r96sk
10/3/2023, 12:09:45 AM
Sweeney Todd... if he were a butcher?* I watched this as part of my run through Mads Mikkelsen's filmography, but it may as well be a Nikolaj Lie Kaas 'watchathon' given how often he has appeared - not that I'm complaining, I like him as an actor. Him and Mikkelsen (how about that trim!) are terrific all the way through this 2003 flick. The story is a surprisingly simple one but is one that ...