---
title: 'The Candidate (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kasper Barfoed'
released: '2008-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-candidate-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054113/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Candidate (2008)

2008 · 90 min · Thriller · Denmark

Original title: Kandidaten

## Synopsis

The Candidate is a 2008 Danish film, the first shot in the 2-perf format. Its original Danish title is Kandidaten. The film tells the story of Jonas Bechmann who believes the car accident that killed his father was no accident. When he goes in search of the facts behind his father's death, he finds himself set up for murder.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kasper Barfoed](https://cinepixo.com/people/kasper-barfoed)
- **Screenplay:** [Stefan Jaworski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-jaworski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jeppe Kaas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeppe-kaas)
- **Editor:** [Adam Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-nielsen), [Peter Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brandt-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Manuel Alberto Claro](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-alberto-claro)

## Cast

- [David Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-petersen-2)
- [Christoffer Boe](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoffer-boe)
- [Anna Eline Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-eline-levin)
- [Ole Dupont](https://cinepixo.com/people/ole-dupont)
- [Marijana Janković](https://cinepixo.com/people/marijana-jankovic)
- [Rolf Rasmussen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-rasmussen)
- [Per Scheel-Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-scheel-kruger)

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Official site: http://www.kandidatenfilmen.dk/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-candidate-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q4993462); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.