The Hunt (2012) [Sub: Eng]
Former school teacher Lucas has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered when an untruthful remark throws his small community into a collective state of hysteria. As the lie spreads, Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.
25 September 1995, Hellerup, Denmark
27 November 1963, Gladsaxe, Denmark
21 November 1996, Denmark
17 September 1967, Horsens, Denmark
6 October 1956, Denmark
18 January 1959, Såderup, Fyn, Denmark
26 August 1969, Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
14 May 1964, Frederiksborg, Denmark
17 June 1970, Denmark
17 June 1948, Denmark
19 July 1976, Denmark
19 May 1969, Copenhagen, Denmark
22 November 1965, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
26 December 1971, Bromma, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
1 December 1975, Denmark
24 September 1981
September 29, 2015
The Hunt has left me more shaken than any other film I've seen all year.
December 16, 2013
The Hunt's inexorability feels derived more from thematic or ideological concerns than any organic necessity.
August 01, 2013
Vinterberg orchestrates the material impressively, increasing tension little by little until it becomes overwhelming.
July 20, 2015
It's moving, yet unsettling throughout, especially with an open ending that refuses to give the audience the closure that we foolishly think we'll get.
September 18, 2016
Mikkelsen makes this personal horror show his own with a powerful and remarkably controlled performance.
December 16, 2013
You leave The Hunt unsettled in the best sense. Its images and implications are likely to stay in your head a long time.
August 29, 2013
Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt conveys the sinister swirl of persecution more vividly than any film I can remember.
February 24, 2016
What makes The Hunt so affecting is the way [Thomas] Vinterberg jangles the nerves of what first appears to be a strong community of caring neighbors and peels back the cover of civilized behavior to find tribal instincts kicking in.
February 12, 2014
Engrossing, profoundly disturbing psychological drama - with a devastating conclusion.
August 15, 2013
It's hard to watch. It should be seen.
March 13, 2014
The Hunt is an extremely effective, skilfully put together psychological thriller, whose only tools are human character traits.
August 16, 2013
Through it all, we see an idyllic-looking community, where glorious fall colors fade into twinkling December snow - a pretty frame for a terrifying story of a modern-day witch hunt.

