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{{Infobox film
| name           = Flickering Lights
| image          = Flickering lights.jpg
| caption        = DVD cover
| director       = [[Anders Thomas Jensen]]
| producer       = {{unbulleted list|[[Kim Magnusson]]|Tivi Magnusson}}
| writer         = Anders Thomas Jensen
| starring       = [[Søren Pilmark]]<br />[[Mads Mikkelsen]]<br />[[Ulrich Thomsen]]<br /> [[Iben Hjejle]]<br/>[[Nikolaj Lie Kaas]]
| music          = {{unbulleted list|[[Bent Fabricius-Bjerre]]|Jeppe Kaas}}
| cinematography = [[Eric Kress]]
| editing        = Anders Villadsen
| studio         = {{plainlist|class=nowrap|
* M&M Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Nordisk Film]]
| released       = {{Film date|2000}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = [[Denmark]]
| language       = [[Danish language|Danish]]
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Flickering Lights''''' (Danish: '''''Blinkende Lygter''''') is a 2000 Danish [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] directed and written by [[Anders Thomas Jensen]], and starring [[Søren Pilmark]], [[Mads Mikkelsen]], [[Ulrich Thomsen]], [[Iben Hjejle]], and [[Nikolaj Lie Kaas]].

==Plot==
Four small-time gangsters from [[Copenhagen]] trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 [[Danish kroner]] which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and turning it into a restaurant. But their past eventually catches up with them.

==Cast==
* [[Søren Pilmark]] as Torkild
* [[Ulrich Thomsen]] as Peter
* [[Mads Mikkelsen]] as Arne
* [[Nikolaj Lie Kaas]] as Stefan
* [[Sofie Gråbøl]] as Hanne (Stefan's girlfriend)
* [[Iben Hjejle]] as Therese (Torkild's girlfriend)
* [[Ole Thestrup]] as Alfred (Hunter)
* [[Frits Helmuth]] as Carl (doctor)
* [[Peter Andersson (actor)|Peter Andersson]] as The Faroese
* [[Niels Anders Thorn]] as William
* [[Henning Jensen (actor)|Henning Jensen]] as Peters Father
* [[Solbjørg Højfeldt]] as Peters Mother
* [[Thomas Bo Larsen]] as ''Burglar''

== Accolades ==
* ''[[Robert Award|Robert Festival]] 2001'':<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/kultur/robert-aar-2001|title=Robert år 2001|date=4 February 2001}}</ref>
:Audience Award
:Best Cinematography

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0236027|Flickering Lights}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|flickering_lights}}
* ''[http://eurochannel.com/en/Flickering-Lights-Anders-Thomas-Jensen-Denmark.html Flickering Lights]'' at [[Eurochannel]]

{{Anders Thomas Jensen}}

[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000 black comedy films]]
[[Category:2000 crime comedy films]]
[[Category:Danish action comedy films]]
[[Category:Danish black comedy films]]
[[Category:Danish crime comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Danish-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anders Thomas Jensen]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Anders Thomas Jensen]]
[[Category:Films set in Denmark]]
[[Category:2000 action comedy films]]
[[Category:2000 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bent Fabric]]


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