The Hunt (2012)

Teacher Mads Mikkelsen has been having a tough time recently: the school he worked at closed and the best job he found was as a kindergarten assistant, his ex-wife does not want to share custody of their son, he’s lonely and alone. Things begin to look up for him on all of those fronts until his best friend’s young daughter develops a crush on him and makes a statement that is heavily misconstrued. The adults around him infuriatingly act without thought or deliberation in reaction to what they think of this information. I know some people who can’t watch cringe comedy. For me, a film like this is just as difficult. It’s literally suffocating for me as things collapse all around Mads and he is powerless to stop it.

Oscar Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year