Release All the Horses(2000)

Release All the Horses is a Danish film about Bent A. Pedersen, a window cleaner who abandons his neurotic wife and disabled son to live with his friend Sigfred. When a boy damages his new car's mirror, Bent tracks down the boy's father to demand payment. Instead, he meets the boy's mother—a fragile single woman he finds captivating—and his life in Amager takes an unexpected turn. What begins as a simple dispute becomes a collision of damaged lives and second chances, as Bent's pursuit of compensation transforms into something far more complicated. The film balances dark comedy with genuine pathos, exploring how chance encounters can upend the careful distance we maintain from our own unhappiness.