Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Danish drama from director Susanne Bier...
Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Danish drama from director Susanne Bier (After the Wedding, Brothers), following the lives of two Danish families, stretching from a refugee camp in Suden to a Danish provincial town.
In war-torn Sudan, physician Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) confronts a steady stream of tragedy and loss. Back home in Denmark, his estranged wife, Marianne (Trine Dyrholm), is concerned about their eldest son, Elias, who is picked on mercilessly. When new kid Christian arrives in class, he and Elias bond over a mutual hatred of the school bully. Surly and vicious since the loss of his mother, Christian is hardening into a rigid and ferocious manifestation of masculinity. His heartbroken father, Claus (Ulrich Thomsen), is finding it impossible to cope with Christian’s behaviour...
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77 %119 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
86 %7,209 reviewsAudience score rating
"A powerful contempo drama exploring behavioral connections between episodes of schoolyard bullying at home and escalating tribal violence abroad"
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Variety
Variety"Family matters in Denmark..."
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Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times"Another richly layered examination of family dynamics and those ever-tricky lines of human communication, In a Better World represents a return to accomplished form for Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterIn A Better World | Details
Award winner- Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
- Rating
- R16, contains violence & content that may disturb
- Runtime
- 119
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Denmark, Sweden
