The Hunt

About The Hunt

A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.

The Hunt (2012) is a drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It runs 116 minutes and was released in October 2012.

The film is filed under divorce, tragedy, father, and psychological drama.

Mads Mikkelsen takes the lead as Lucas, Thomas Bo Larsen as Theo, Annika as Klara, and Lasse Fogelstrøm as Marcus. The screenplay is by Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm. It was produced by Film i Väst and Zentropa Entertainments. It streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States.

Tokyo Story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Silent Hill make useful companions to The Hunt, all filed under lie and parent child relationship. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 5,063 votes and it carries a R rating.