The Escape
2009 · 114 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 765 VOTES · DIR. Kathrine Windfeld
Overview
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group. With help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.
Dialogue Timeline — 533 lines
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00:00:12 Nimbus Film presents
00:07:49 Could I have some juice, Dad?
00:17:22 You must avenge the death of your father.
00:19:29 Allah is great!
00:29:33 They have a few questions.
00:33:07 I can't stop thinking about...
00:35:05 It'll sell more papers, and we like that.
00:37:33 We can't make special laws for everybody.
00:40:30 Help me. Oh God no...
00:45:20 I thought I was going to die in the backseat of that car.
00:48:17 Let them have the bag.
00:55:44 Read it.
01:01:05 Looks like a big Viking once fucked your mother.
01:04:35 But, do you love me?
01:08:48 People will understand. - No, they won't!
01:15:54 No doubt about it. Look at the eyes.
01:18:18 I'll go get my stuff.
01:23:52 I'm sorry, Thomas.
01:28:03 Come forward with the truth.
01:29:39 Nazir's father oppsed the Taliban, but Nazirwas pressured by his uncle-
01:31:22 Does that mean that he will be extradited to Guantánamo?
01:35:12 I hope you think long and hard about this.
01:41:15 I'll stay here and do what I can for Nazir.
04:00:00 for a trafficker-