to mention a host of various TV
shows, most notably the penultimate
season of Dallas, in which
Larry Hagman’s JR Ewing checks
himself into an asylum in the
hopes of convincing a resident of
signing over oil shares.
Where Exit Plan bucks the trend
is by presenting us with a protagonist
who genuinely is ill. Insurance
investigator Max (Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau) is diagnosed with
a fatal brain tumor and informed
that he only has a few weeks left
before his mental state breaks
down. Unable to break the news
to his loving girlfriend Lærke
(Tuva Novotny), Max attempts suicide
on a couple of occasions, but
is unable to see it through. Then
he learns through a client of the
existence of Aurora, an assisted
suicide facility in the remote and
scenic Danish countryside.
Failing to inform Lærke, Max
checks into Aurora, where he is
given a few days to relax before
leaving this mortal coil through a
Watch the trailer for Exit Plan
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