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Pusher
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When his debt to the drug lord is due, dealer Frank has no money. A fatal and humiliating hunt for some cash starts and Frank is racing with a 9mm bullet right behind.
After a complicated heroin deal goes wrong, small-time drug dealer Frank loses both the money and the merchandise, and finds himself massively in debt to Balkan drug baron Milo. As time goes by the pressure mounts, with Frank trying to repay the money in the face of Milo’s increasing frustration. Nicolas Winding Refn’s debut Pusher is an adrenaline rush tour through the Copenhagen drug world. Pusher is a 1996 Danish crime thriller film co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, in his film debut. A commercial success considered to be influential in Danish film history, it marked Mads Mikkelsen’s film debut.

Nicolas Winding Refn


Directed by
Nicolas Winding Refn
Written by
Jens Dahl, Nicolas Winding Refn
Edited by
Anne Østerud
Cinematography
Morten Søborg
Sound by
Jim Skau Andersen, Pétur Einarsson, Anne Jensen
Music by
Povl Kristian, Peter Peter
Starring
Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, Peter Andersson, Thomas Bo Larsen, Nicolas Winding Refn
Original title
Pusher
English title
Pusher
Year
1996
Country
Denmark
Language
DAN, SWE, SRP, ENG
Subtitles
CZ
Running time
110 min
Genre
Action, Crime
Age rating
18+
Release date
26. 1. 2023
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Media reception

AV Club
B+ "A pulpy, twisty crime story"
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Los Angeles Times
★★★★ "Youthful aggression, sly humor and gathering tension"
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