The Candidate Page #3

Synopsis: Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Kasper Barfoed
Production: Miso Film
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Year:
2008
90 min
103 Views


Your girlfriend has the DVD now.

- No! I just paid him.

Come back tomorrow.

Same time, same amount.

But I can't...

Or the DVD will be sent to the police.

Listen... Hey!

It's a bad idea. Really...

You can't go in there!

I couldn't...

I'll call you back.

Right...

It's alright.

What's happened?

- I need to borrow some money.

Of course. How much?

- Five million.

It's a lot of money,

but I'll pay you back, of course.

What's going on?

- It's... Camilla...

We've found a house in Amalfi.

The seller wants the money now,

and he wants cash.

I'll tell you what I can do...

I'll make some phone calls, and you'll

have a 7-digit job within a week...

I can promise you that.

- No, that's irrelevant, thank you.

I... we need the money now.

I'll figure it out...

Sorry to disturb you.

Jonas?

Martin tells me you're feeling bad.

I'm fine.

- It's a hard period.

Remember

that my door is always open.

Cheerup, lad.

Camilla?

Camilla?

Camilla!

Jonas?

- They're after me.

The ones who killed Dad.

- What? Come inside.

They're trying to frame me

for a murder. They want money.

They shot a film,

but it's not me in the film...

Hi, Jonas.

- Hi, Eva.

Good to see you.

- Same to you.

Are you okay? And Camilla?

- We're fine.

Come and have some coffee.

- Talk to you later. I just have to...

What was your deal with Kiehlert?

- What do you mean?

My father lost the case,

and they killed him.

Why wasn't that enough?

Why do they want me now?

Some things you don't want to know.

- Martin, stop it.

Kiehlert was charged

with the murder of a competitor.

The murderweapon was a syringe,

which was found in Kiehlert's car.

But without the syringe,

the DAhad no case.

Three days before the conviction,

the syringe disappeared mysteriously.

Kiehlert was facing an acquittal.

But then the syringe came back,

just before the DA's plea.

We found something,

when we emptied your dad's office.

Transactions.

Normally your dad took notes of

everything. Taped all conversations.

But there was nothing

on the Kiehlert case.

I think your dad paid a policeman off

and got the syringe.

But then he had second thoughts

and handed it over to the DA.

Your father was a good man, Jonas.

But he was put under pressure.

How much? How much

money was there in that account?

Five million.

Jonas Bechmann

from Krogsboel and Partners.

I have an appointment

with my client at 10.

What's the name of your client?

- Claes Kiehlert.

What do you want from me

to stop this?

What is it that you want?

Who do you work for?

You tell me something now!

There was a deal to get me acquitted.

The deal was not honoured.

Then your father died.

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