We are a small community. The happiness of our children is everything. Our hopes and
dreams rest in these tiny souls.
In a small town in Northern Denmark, the children celebrate Harvest Festival.
In the forest by the water, the men of the lodge stand naked in the cold. This is their country.
This is their song.
In the shadows a lonely child gives a strange man her heart.
The hunt begins.
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm’s thriller Jagten explores the moral complexities surrounding a child’s false accusation of rape against her teacher. Playwright David Farr has adapted it into The Hunt, a new drama which keeps the original’s setting in small town Northern Denmark. Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold will direct The Hunt.
