Lasse Spang Olsen — Director (8)

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Trapped (2025)
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other title: Atrapado
A ship sinks off West Africa. Everyone aboard drowns, except the cook. Trapped in a small air pocket with water up to his neck, he faces a slow death as oxygen dwindles. This extraordinary documentary follows untrained diver Nico’s daring mission to save him. After miraculously finding the cook alive after three days, Nico faces his biggest challenge yet: navigating narrow, deadly passages to bring him to safety. Told through authentic footage and audio from divers' helmet cams, this film showcases heroism, hope, and friendship, proving miracles can still happen.

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Hvor ligger Painful City? (1995)
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In the reading room of the library everything is peaceful and quiet. Until a happy young man comes in. He has had a great experience in the cinema, and he insists on telling the plot of the western he has seen in every hard-hitting detail to a visitor who becomes unintentionally one of the actors of the film.

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The Collector (2004)
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other title: Inkasso / 收债者
A romantic comedy set in the world of gambling, debt collecting and professional boxing. Laura is an unlucky gambler with a huge debt, she crosses paths with Claus, a former boxer who now makes a living as a debt collector. Laura is cheating, scamming, and lying and eventually life catches up with her. Claus is trying to regain his self respect and start anew. Together, they make an awkward but very charming couple on the verge of love. It is a story about trust, friendship, new beginnings, getting a second chance and doing the right thing.