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In a Better World is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Susanne Bier released in USA on 1 april 2011 with Mikael Persbrandt
In a Better World (2010)
Hævnen
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 april 2011
Length 1h53
OriginDanemark
Themes L'adolescence, Films set in Africa, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Rating75%
In a Better World (Danish: Hævnen, "the revenge") is a 2010 Danish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.
A Danish majority production with co-producers in Sweden, In a Better World won the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
Synopsis
Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) is a Swedish doctor who commutes between his home in Denmark and his work in a Sudanese refugee camp. In Sudan, he often treats female patients who are the victims of a sadistic warlord. Anton is married to Marianne (Trine Dyrholm), but they are separated, and struggling with the possibility of divorce over an affair that Anton had with another woman. They have two young sons, the older one being 12-year-old Elias (Markus Rygaard).Actors
Mikael Persbrandt
(Anton)
Trine Dyrholm
(Marianne)
Ulrich Thomsen
(Claus)
Kim Bodnia
(Lars)
Wil Johnson
(doctor)
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