| The Substitute | |
| Director: | Ole Bornedal |
| Producer: | Robert Tapert |
| Starring: | Paprika Steen Ulrich Thomsen Jonas Wandschneider |
| Cinematography: | Dan Laustsen |
| Music: | Marco Beltrami |
| Studio: | Thura Film Ghost House Underground |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Language: | Danish |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
The Substitute (da|Vikaren) is a 2007 Danish science fiction horror film directed by Ole Bornedal,[1] and starring Paprika Steen.[2]
The story takes place in a small village in Denmark where an alien comes to Earth to learn about human emotions, but instead is thwarted by a young boy and his friends, who find out that she is part of an intergalactic expedition to collect specimens across the universe. It's up to Carl and his friends to save their town and the world. They try to tell their parents, but all of them scoff at the idea that their children would make up lies about their teacher.