In China They Eat Dogs

In China They Eat Dogs
Directed by	Lasse Spang Olsen
Written by	Anders Thomas Jensen
Produced by	Steen Herdel
Starring	Kim Bodnia Dejan Čukić Nikolaj Lie Kaas Tomas Villum Jensen
Edited by	Lasse Spang Olsen
Music by	George Keller
Distributed by	Scanbox TLA Releasing
Release date	10 September 1999 (1999-09-10)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Denmark
Languages	Danish Serbian English German

In China They Eat Dogs (Danish: I Kina spiser de hunde) is a 1999 Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen, and starring Kim Bodnia, and Dejan Čukić.

Plot

Arvid (Dejan Čukić), a bank teller, is dumped by his girlfriend for being too boring and dull. Hoping to put some excitement in his life, Arvid helps stop a robbery at the bank. The wife of the would-be bank robber tracks Arvid down and tells him her husband was robbing the bank only so he could pay for medical treatments so they could have a child. The title is a reference to an axiom Arvid's brother tells him: "In China, they eat dogs"; which makes him realize that there is no such thing as moral absolutism, and that whether something is right or wrong depends on the situation. Because of his revelation, he comes to sympathize with the bank robber. Imagining he can help the couple and prove himself to be a dangerous outlaw all at once, Arvid plots a robbery of his own bank with the help of his brother Harald (Kim Bodnia) and some fellow wannabe criminals.

Prequel

In 2002 a prequel titled Old Men in New Cars was released. It was again directed by Lasse Spang Olsen, and had Kim Bodnia reprising his role as Harald.

External links

• In China They Eat Dogs at IMDb