In a Better World

Winner
Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globes
Winner
Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Awards
An emotional powerhouse.
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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In a Better World

Anton (Mikael Persbrandt, 2012's THE HOBBIT), a doctor, commutes from his home in quiet Denmark to tend abused pregnant women in an African refugee camp. When his older son Elias is defended from bullying by classmate Christian, Elias is exposed to ideas of violence and vengeance from which his pacifist father has always sheltered him. The boys 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. A proponent of Dogme 95, director Susanne Bier (THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE) employs verite technique to evoke strong emotion, resulting in "a gripping meditation on the choices between pacificism and violence that are faced in so-called civilized society as well as extreme Third World situations." – Mike Goodridge, Screen International

An Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

A Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign Language Film.


R
Genre
Drama
Web Site
http://www.sonycla…
Runtime
113
Language
Danish
Director
Susanne Bier
Awards:
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes
Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times

The Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier has a potent gift for turning abstract, moral questions like these into edge-of-your-seat compelling dramas that examine, with devastating effect, the complex web of feelings that make us who we are. With "In A Better World," which deservedly won this year's best ...

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