How to Get Rid of the Others (2007)

Director
Anders Rønnow Klarlund

Main cast
Søren Pilmark; Louise Mieritz; Søren Fauli; Lene Tiemroth; Lene Poulsen

Genres
Comedy, Drama

Description
A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the criteria - those who have received more from society than what they have contributed - are eliminated.


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