The Glasshouse Prisoner

Director: Jens Arentzen
Producer: Bo Ehrhardt
Produced by: Nimbus Film ApS for New Fiction Film Denmark
Duration: 43 min.
Year of Production: 1996
Original Title: Blomsterfangen

Winner of:

-ROBERT,Best Short Fiction Film (Denmark),1997
-The Audience Award (Denmark), Nordic Panorama, 1996
-Best Actor (France),Festival du Film Court de Brest, 1996
-Prix du Jeune Publique, Festival de Court de Brest, 1996
-Best Fiction Film (Denmark), Odense Short Film Festival, 1996
-Best Cinematography, Albany Short Film Festival, 1995

Sven Aage is an aging prisoner. According to his wife, his son Max is doing well in the world outside and is quite unaware of his father’s imprisonment. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. This new inmate turns out to be Max.