A young writer named Espen Arnakke tells the story of his escape from the small Danish town of Jante. Espen boards a ship headed to Newfoundland, but the harsh conditions on board makes him jump ship, and he ends up in the little town of Misery Harbour. There he meets the girl of his dreams. But his passion shifts to jealousy when one of the men from the ship mysteriously appears in town, and sets out to make Espen's life a misery.
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- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauEspen Arnakke
- Stuart GrahamJohn Wakefield
- Anneke von der LippeJenny
- Bjørn FlobergJohan Hoeg
- Hywel BennettThe Captain
- Margot FinleyEva
- Michael WadeStoker
- Graham GreeneBurly
- Knut HusebøCafe guest
- Espen HaavardsholmCafe guest
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- Nils GaupDirector
- Sigve EndresenWriter
- Kenny SandersWriter
- Aksel SandemoseNovel
- Barrie VinceEditor
- Sigve EndresenProducer
- Ulrik Bolt JørgensenProducer
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