Last Exit (film)
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Last Exit is an independently produced feature film from Denmark. Shot on a low budget, it stars a relatively unknown cast.
Movie Plot
Nigel (Morten Vogelius), an incompetent criminal who flees his native England to Copenhagen in order to escape the loan sharks who are after him. He and his wife Maria (Jette Philipsen) shack up at a hotel, while each struggles separately with a drugs problem. Maria manages to get a straight job, and Nigel gets a gig storing illegal goods for a local crime boss known as the President (Peter Ottesen). Nigel falls for Tanya (Gry Bay), a hooker who works for the President, and their affair distances him from Maria, who becomes pregnant.
Movie Background
Written and directed by filmmaker David Noel Bourke, his first feature film, it was shot guerilla style using one digital camera, with no crew and edited on a standard consumer editing suite. The budget for the film was $1500.Template:Fact
It has been widely distributed on DVD in USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark.
