When Leo, violent and rash, finds out that his girlfriend Louise is pregnant, the prospect of starting a family and the commitment this involves, sparks off a smouldering hatred of himself, perhaps also because the relationship has no future. He becomes more and more aggressive, but is incapable of giving voice to his anger. Only the violence he so passionately detests speaks a sufficiently clear but tragic language. »Bleeder« also describes the course of life for Lenny, who also relates to violence, but only in the movies. He observes real life through film, but does fall for Lea, a waitress, who dreams of another reality through literature and the hope of love. Leo and Lenny reflect each other in the way they develop and go off in opposite directions, but perhaps they are two sides of the same person, merely at different stages in life.
| Original title | Bleeder |
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| Danish title | Bleeder |
| Director | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| Screenplay | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| Director of Photography | Morten Søborg |
| Editor | Anne Østerud |
| Sound | Svenn Jacobsen |
| Composer | Peter Peter |
| Production designer | Peter de Neergaard |
| Appearance | Kim Bodnia, Rikke Louise Andersson, Mads Mikkelsen, Liv Corfixen |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Scanbox Entertainment Danmark A/S |
| International sales | To be announced |
| Technical info | 2675 meter, 35 mm, Widescreen, color, Sound |
| Danish theatrical release | 06.08.1999 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Palads, Lyngby Teatret, Scala, Grand, BioCity (Tåstrup), Gentofte Kino, Drive In Copenhagen samt 18 biografer i provinsen |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Mit lille reservat | 1999 | C. V. Jørgensen |
| Love | 1999 | John Lennon |
| Babies ablaze | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| Final solution | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| In essence | 1999 | Matilde Lunderskov |
| Nineteen | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| Lea's theme | 1999 | Povl Kristian |
| Good evening Mr. Whack | 1999 | |
| Love theme | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| The ballad of Ed Gein blues | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| Dommedag nu | 1999 | |
| Stone cold dead | 1999 | Frederick Wilmoth Hendricks |
| Ringside of my soul | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| Diner theme | 1999 | Peter Peter |
| Books, books, books | 1999 | Povl Kristian |
| Stood up | 1999 | Peter Kyed |
| Attack of the honey bees | 1999 | |
| Sick science | 1999 | Peter Kyed |
| Forever together | 1999 | |
| Love | 1999 | John Lennon |
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