AFTER THE WEDDING (2006)

SUSANNE BIER

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Cast

MADS MIKKELSEN ROLF LASSGARD SIDSE BABETT KNUDSEN SIDSE BABETT KNUDSEN STINE FISCHER CHRISTENSEN CHRISTIAN TAFDRUP FREDERIK GULLITS ERNST KRISTIAN GULLITS ERNST IDA DWINGER MONA MALM JOHAN SODERQUIST

Plot

Jacob Peterson is devoted to the small Indian orphanage that he runs, but cash flow problems force him to return to Denmark where, despite his bullish nature, he receives a very generous funding offer from a wealthy businessman. Frustratingly for Jacob the money has stipulations, one of which is to attend a wedding, an event which propels him back into a past he thought long forgotten. 'After The Wedding' is a stunning drama that builds and maintains more tension than most thrillers; characters shift and change as more of their former deeds and motives are revealed, sympathies see-saw as the corporate are revealed as compassionate, and the saintly selfish. Directed with passion and delicacy, Bier's film is driven by a series of hypnotic performances and more than deserved its Oscar nomination.