The Escape (2009)

Audience Score
40
The Escape
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group With help from one of the terrorists the young Nazir Rikke manages to escape On her return she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan heading for Denmark When he finally seeks out Rikke she is shocked and torn Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her and to jeopardize her newfound career Their tumultuous encounter turns into an illfated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism
DirectorKathrine Windfeld