Run time: 116 mins

Anders Thomas Jensen’s darkly comic drama balances absurd humour with a surprisingly moving exploration of family, memory and trauma.

After spending 15 years in prison, Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) returns home determined to recover money from a long-hidden robbery stash. The problem is that his brother Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen), who was entrusted with its location, now lives with dissociative identity disorder and believes he is John Lennon. Hoping to unlock his memory, Anker takes him back to the remote woodland house where they grew up. But as old wounds resurface, an increasingly eccentric collection of characters gathers around them, turning a simple mission into something far more unpredictable.

Writer-director Jensen once again mixes outrageous comedy with deeper emotional themes, creating a story that veers between laugh-out-loud absurdity and moments of genuine sadness. The humour is often delightfully strange, but it is grounded by a thoughtful examination of how people cope with painful experiences and fractured identities. Strong ensemble performances keep even the most eccentric situations feeling oddly believable, with Lie Kaas and Mikkelsen proving a particularly compelling pairing.

Beneath its eccentric surface lies an unexpectedly heartfelt story about family bonds, resilience and the different ways people learn to live with the past.