Fidibus (2006) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2006 · 105 mins · Danish

Directed by

Hella Joof

Starring

Troels Lyby, Anders Hove, Mia Lyhne, Lene Maria Christensen, Tina Gylling Mortensen, Christian Mosbæk

Kalle, a well‑meaning middle‑class youngster, falls into debt and an old friendship that makes him a “fidibus”—a go‑far—for the hash baron Paten. When Paten is unexpectedly jailed, he tells Kalle to run the shop in his stead. Yet nobody dares touch Paten’s money, his car, or, especially, his girlfriend Saby, whose wit is described as thin as water.