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Small Claims Court


Adrian Kirk

Ejsing

1961-01-09

Male

jensholdendahl@gmail.com

26145367

Nansensgade 37, 4th

Copenhagen K

1366

Denmark

1223

Small Claims Court

Fogedretten

Eva Turell is a judge at the small claim's court but behind her polished facade she is hiding a secret. She is a pathological gambler which has caused her great distress as she owes 50.000 $ to some Copenhagen gangsters. The gang’s debt collector, Daniel, has lost patience with Eva and let’s her know that her debt rises for each day she doesn’t pay up. Eva desperately tries sweet-talking her bank manager, Kenneth, to get an extra loan in her apartment, but to no avail. The situationen escalates when Eva adjudicates on a case involving a young couple and a corrupt handyman, making the handymen repay the couple 200.000 $. Later that afternoon the handyman delivers the money to Eva in cash and she sees an opportunity to steal the money she owes, however when she tries paying Daniel back, it turns out that he is not interested in the money - it is the court records he is after. Eva refuses him access, but what she does not know is that he has an ace up his sleeve. In every episode Eva meets new debtors who, like herself, has their backs against the wall. Every case becomes a psychological mystery that Eva has to solve to get to the person sitting across from her. Eva is not afraid to use alternative methods to figure out what she believes is a righteous and as Daniel piles on the pressure these alternative methods become more and more prevalent in Eva’s job as judge.

Eva Turell er dommer hos Fogedretten, men bag hendes retskafne facade gemmer hun på en stor hemmelighed. Hun er ludoman, og har oparbejdet en gæld på 300.000 kroner væk til nogle københavnske gangstere. Opkræveren Daniel har mistet tålmodigheden med Eva og gør det klart, at beløbet stiger for hver dag, hun ikke betaler. Presset kommer i løbet af serien til at sende Eva ud i situationer hun aldrig i livet havde troet hun skulle havne i. I hvert afsnit møder Eva nye skyldnere i Fogedretten, der, som hun selv, står med ryggen mod muren. Hver sag en psykologisk gåde som Eva må løse for at trænge igennem til mennesket, der sidder overfor hende. Eva er ikke blind for at tage alternative midler i brug, for at nå at frem til, hvad hun selv mener er en retfærdig handling, og jo mere Daniel øger presset på Eva jo mere kommer dette også til udtryk i Evas hverv som dommerfuldmægtig. Serien er instrueret af Jens Dahl og produceret af Caroline Schlüter Bingestam & Marta Mleczek for Profile Pictures. Fogedretten giver et tæt indblik i danske retssager, hvor dramatikken helt naturligt opstår. Marie Askehave spiller hovedrollen EVA TURELL overfor blandt andre Morten Holst, Jul

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Denmark

Danish

Denmark

Web / New Media

No

2020-10-12

320000 USD

Digital

1:02

Color

No

Jens Dahl

Jens Dahl

Marta Mleczek, Caroline Schlüter

Marie Askehave, Morten Holst

Jens Dahl is Danish television showrunner- turned-film director whose writing debut came with Nicolas Winding Refn’s award- winning ‘Pusher’ in 1996. He has since helmed a number of Danish and Swedish drama series before making his directorial debut with ‘3 Things’, featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, in 2017. His second feature ‘Breeder’ launched on Sitges in 2020

2020-11-24

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