The Sunfish
Love & Fishing Quotas
Genres
Overview
Kesse is a third generation fisherman, living in a small coastal town in Northern Jutland. Life trudges along without surprises, but all this is about to change. The fishing industry is hit by financial crisis and the small fishing boats are swiftly put out of competition by big corporations. In desperation, Kesse tries to find a way out of his hopeless plight and has to resort to dishonest means, on top of having to fire his best friend and lone employee. As if this wasn't enough, he gets an unwelcome guest on-board in the form of marine biologist Gerd from Copenhagen, sent to study the fishing. Søren Balle's debut feature is a funny and touching film about love, friendship and the difficult art of dealing with change.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
96 min
Release Date
2014-01-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Vote Count
16
Vote Average
5.6
Henrik Birch
Kesse
Susanne Storm
Gerd
Lars Torpp Thomsen
Lille Lars
Mikkel Vadsholt
Sorte
Kresten Andersen
Henning
Mikkel Vadsholt
Lone Rødbroe
Allan Helge Jensen
Hanne Laursen
Jytte Kvinesdal
Ole Sørensen
Michael Derlev Harbo
Lars Ditlev Johansen
Martin Ringsmose
Bjarne Eilers
Jørgen Bing
Alf Gundersen
Per Kristensen
Kjeld "Jolle" Kristensen
Normann Jensen
Lotte Storgaard
John "Gumbas" Jensen
Katrine Stein
Melissa Pedersen
Tine Ketilsson
Keld Hahn
Jacob Ulrik Lohmann
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