The Green Butchers

Two friends and butchers, Svend and Bjarne, open their own shop in a Danish town to escape an arrogant employer. After an initial struggle to attract customers, a fatal accident involving an electrician in their cold storage occurs. Svend decides to process the body into a specialty meat product, which leads to unexpected commercial success and a difficult problem regarding the supply of their new delicacy. Meanwhile, Bjarne manages a relationship with a woman named Astrid and deals with a brother who has been in a coma for years.

This 2003 comedy was written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, following his work on Ernst & the Light and Flickering Lights. The cast features Mads Mikkelsen as Svend and Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Bjarne and his twin brother, alongside Line Kruse, Nicolas Bro, Aksel Erhardtsen, and Bodil Jørgensen. Produced by M&M Productions, the film has a runtime of 100 minutes. On TMDB, it holds a rating of 7.1/10 based on 359 votes, while film critics provided a lower rating of 6.3/10 from 27 reviews.