Sons

New Directors Competition

Sons

Vogter

Denmark, Sweden 2024 Fiction cor 100 min.

Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward —the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Denmark Sweden international festivals prison thriller

direction

Gustav Möller

screenplay

Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen

cinematography

Jasper J. Spanning

editing

Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen

sound

Oskar Skriver, Hans Christian Arnt Torp

music

Jon Ekstrand

production design

Kristina Kovacs

cast

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sebastian Bull, Dar Salim, Marina Bouras, Olaf Johannessen, Jacob Lohmann, Siir Tilif

production

Lina Flint

co-production

Eva Akergren

produced by

Nordisk Film Production

co-produced by

Eva Akergren

distribution

Mares Filmes

indicative rating

16