Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maria Bonnevie in a still from A Second Chance (category IIB, Danish, Swedish), which is directed by Susanne Bier. Photos: Rolf Konow
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maria Bonnevie in a still from A Second Chance (category IIB, Danish, Swedish), which is directed by Susanne Bier. Photos: Rolf Konow
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Film review: A Second Chance – Susanne Bier’s bleak drama about grief and parenthood

Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau gives a nuanced performance as a desperate small-town policeman in dark Danish morality tale with a cop-out ending

James Marsh
James Marsh

Updated: 9:00pm, 19 Jul, 2016

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maria Bonnevie in a still from A Second Chance (category IIB, Danish, Swedish), which is directed by Susanne Bier. Photos: Rolf Konow
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maria Bonnevie in a still from A Second Chance (category IIB, Danish, Swedish), which is directed by Susanne Bier. Photos: Rolf Konow
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