R is a 2010 Danish prison drama film written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer, and starring Pilou Asbæk. The film was produced by Nordisk Film. The film follows Rune Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk), who is serving a prison sentence of two years in Horsens State Prison. Here he is set to do the dirty work of distributing drugs between departments.
The film premiered at the 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was released in Denmark on 22 April 2010.
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Cast
Pilou Asbæk as Rune
Dulfi Al-Jabouri as Rashid
Roland Møller as Mureren
Jacob Gredsted as Carsten
Omar Shargawi as Bazhir
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10.
Accolades
The film won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 2011. Asbæk received a Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Rune. The director Tobias Lindholm scored a Bodil Honorary Award for his films Submarino and R. The film won the Robert Award for Best Danish Film the same year.
