Plot & Summary
Jacob Thuesen's debut feature film Accused (Anklaget) centers around a controversial, uncomfortable subject; child molestation/incest, or at least the accusation of it. Henrik and Nina are an ordinary couple living a very ordinary life. Their only problem is their fourteen-year-old daughter Stine, a moody, quiet girl who has been growing more and more distant from the two of them. Assuming it's simply a case of puberty blues, the couple aren't terribly worried that she spends most of her time locked up in her room. That all changes when the police show up at Henrik's workplace to arrest him based on an accusation leveled by Stine -- an accusation that destroys the safe, protected, comfortable lifestyle they knew. With neighbors and even good friends turning against him, Nina is the only one who stands by his side. Stine has a history of fabricating stories, and though none has been quite this extreme, Nina has no doubt of Henrik's innocence. What elevates Accused from being a simple "did he or didn't he" affair is Thuesen's subjective take on the story. The entire film is from Henrik's perspective, and is more concerned with showing how one's life changes when accused of something rather than determining if he's guilty or innocent. This does make the film a bit more uncomfortable, especially in that Stine doesn't appear until quite late in the film, months after the initial accusation. All we are left with is watching Henrik, and trying to reconcile how we feel about him. Thuesen takes a strictly unsentimental approach -- the film is not about passing judgment, and doesn't end with the guilty punished or the innocent set free.
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