Adam's Apples (Danish: Adams Æbler) is a 2005 Danish movie, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. The movie revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen (Adam) and Mads Mikkelsen (Ivan).
After being released from prison, Adam, the former leader of a neo-Nazi gang, is required to spend several months living in a small religious community, headed by a priest named Ivan. Two other former prisoners are being r...
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Adam's Apples (Danish: Adams Æbler) is a 2005 Danish movie, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. The movie revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen (Adam) and Mads Mikkelsen (Ivan).
After being released from prison, Adam, the former leader of a neo-Nazi gang, is required to spend several months living in a small religious community, headed by a priest named Ivan. Two other former prisoners are being rehabilitated at the same time: Khalid, an Arab burglar who occasionally holds up petrol stations as a form of political protest, and Gunnar, an obese, alcoholic, kleptomaniac convicted rapist. Ivan believes firmly in the goodness of man, and seems blind to their continuing misdeeds.
In order to be rehabilitated, he tells Adam he must choose a task to complete; when he achieves this goal, he will be free to leave the parish. Trying to provoke a reaction from the priest, Adam chooses the goal of baking an apple pie. Ivan accepts the goal, with...
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