Pusher

The story unfolds in modern urban Denmark, centered on a single night that bleeds into dawn. The era is marked by contemporary crime networks, street-level hustling, and systemic corruption. The tension comes from immediacy and real-time decision-making rather than period details.

The events unfold across Copenhagen, with its club kitchens, underground shops, and backroom deal rooms forming the night-time theater of Milo's criminal world. The city’s nightlife provides cover for drug trades, parties, and tense confrontations. The setting blends gloss with grit as violence erupts during a family-oriented birthday celebration gone wrong.

🔪 Violence

Violence in Pusher is personal and transactional, erupting when impulse and pride collide with criminal calculations. Milo's night spirals into fatal confrontations, showing how power is enforced through force. The film portrays consequences that reverberate beyond the moment of impact.

🕸️ Criminal Underworld

A dense network of suppliers, pimps, dealers, and corrupt cops threads through Copenhagen. Deals are negotiated on the fly, loyalties shift, and control is maintained through fear and leverage. The underworld seeps into everyday spaces like parties and kitchens.

👨‍👧 Family & Duty

Milo's responsibilities toward his daughter Milena collide with his criminal life. The birthday party becomes a pressure point that exposes his vulnerability and the strain of balancing love with expediency. Family ties amplify the stakes of every decision Milo makes.

🧭 Moral Ambiguity

Characters operate in a fog of choices where right and wrong blur under the weight of survival. Milo uses others, yet is desperate to protect his own interests, revealing how moral boundaries erode in the face of violence and debt. The line between hunter and hunted shifts as the night unfolds.