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Haevnen / ein film auf Susanne Bier ; producer, Sisse Graum Jorgensen.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship.
- Families.
- Revenge.
- North American Films.
- Friendships.
- Family.
- Local Subjects:
- North American Films.
- Friendships.
- Family.
- Revenge.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Performance
- Film:Romance
- Film:Drama
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 minutes)
- Other Title:
- In a Better World
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English, Arabic, Swedish, and Danish.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.
- Participant:
- Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, William Johnk, Juel Nielsen, Markus Rygaard.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- editors, Pernille Bech Christensen and Morten Egholm
- composer, Johan Soderqvist.
- Won 2011 Academy Awards, USA, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- Won 2011 Golden Globes, USA, Best Foreign Language Film
- Won 2011 Golden Globes, Italy, Best European Film
- Won 2011 Golden Globes, Italy, Best Distributor
- OCLC:
- 981535863
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