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Silent Heart is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Bille August with Ghita Nørby
Silent Heart (2014)
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Add to a movie listSilent Heart (Danish: Stille hjerte, Quiet heart) is a 2014 Danish drama film directed by Bille August, and starring Ghita Nørby, Morten Grunwald, Paprika Steen, and Jens Albinus. The film was nominated for the 2015 Nordic Council Film Prize.
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A family of three generations gather over a weekend to say goodbye to Esther (Ghita Nørby) who suffers from an incurable disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and with the help of her husband Poul (Morten Grunwald) has chosen to pursue euthanasia when the weekend is over. But as the end approaches, the mother's decision becomes more and more difficult to handle for the daughters Heidi (Paprika Steen) and Sanne (Danica Curcic), and old conflicts come to the surface.Actors
Ghita Nørby
(Esther)
Morten Grunwald
(Poul)
Paprika Steen
(Heidi)
Jens Albinus
(Michael)
Danica Curcic
(Sanne)
Pilou Asbæk
(Dennis)
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