[3] A Danish army officer, Michael, is sent to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months.

While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is assumed to have been killed in action and is reported dead to his family.

Michael becomes unstable, spiraling down into a pit of guilt and rage, and begins to threaten and abuse his wife and tear the house apart.

The website's consensus reads: "This tense, understated drama explores the complications of individual and social ethics stemming from the repercussions of war on one man and his family.

To celebrate Aarhus as the European Capital of Culture 2017, three stage works – a musical, a ballet, and an opera all based on films by Susanne Bier – were commissioned and performed in Musikhuset.