The Hunt (2012)

The Hunt (2012)
"Jagten" (original title)
115 min

Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writers: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish | English | Polish


Lucas, a divorced lonely Danish gave up his secondary school teacher job is now working in a kindergarten. He is so friendly with the kids and suddenly it all shattered when Klara, a little girl in the same institution, more than this, daughter of Luca's soul friend Theo, accused Lucas had showed her his penis and molested her sexually. The whole Danish suburban community appalled and cast him out without considering his portion, believing Klara. Thomas Vinterberg's "The Hunt" is condensing the vapors from an innocent mind to guilt.
"How can a stainless, pure kid can visualize "most deadly sin" without experiencing it? They are so innocent." "The Hunt" is shaking the concreteness of these beliefs in an adult society. Some nods, words from an innocent kid is creating iniquity by erasing the dualness. Ambiguity of this movie is its beauty, and it lies "clearly" in 8every society. All societies are in a way or other guilty, devouring and the same elements in society are raising their fists and voices for purity. To shoot, what they need is only a deer.
The question whether Lucas a culprit or not is not relevant; on the contrary, who is the victim, what criteria build moral boundaries up. The formation of a victim by cultural society, like Lucas, is also the process of immuring him/her in a never-ending hunt.
The Hunt released in 2012 directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelsen.The film was screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his role, Lucas.