R Shakes Denmark's Prison System at LAFF June 18th

The prison thriller R, from Denmark, will have a North American premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival June 18th. The trailer and the picture show a tough prison underworld where each inmate must fight with the other to stay alive. Yet, friendships still manage to develop across racial boundaries in "Denmark's most notorious prison" (R). Have a watch of a trailer that will make most viewers rethink a criminal life.

The synopsis for R here:

"Shot on location in the oldest standing prison in Denmark, this powerful drama traces the intertwined fates of two newly incarcerated inmates. The R of the title stands for Rune—played in a courageous lead performance by up-and-coming Pilou Asbæk—a cocky, good-looking young inmate placed in a hardcore ward where the other cons are twice his size. R also stands for Rashid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune’s friend and accomplice, challenging the highly charged racial tension that runs through the prison’s population. Pungently physical, utterly unsentimental, R pulls no punches as it takes us deep inside the dank walls of Denmark’s most notorious prison" (R).

Release Date: June 18th (North American Premiere).

Director: Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer.

Screenwriters: Tobias Lindholm, and Michael Noer.

Editor: Adam Nielsen.

Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Roland Møller, and Dulfi Al-Jabouri.

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