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Election Night

Anders Thomas Jensen · Denmark · Dark Comedy / Satire · 11 min · 11K views
From the director of Riders of Justice

Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen · Starring Ulrich Thomsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus, Ole Thestrup · 1998

An idealistic, absent-minded man racing to vote before the polls close keeps landing in taxis driven by openly racist cabbies.

Anders Thomas Jensen's Oscar-winning dark comedy skewers liberal ideals with escalating, uncomfortable laughs.

On his way to the polls, an idealist, yet absent-minded voter has to endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.

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