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7.1The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Cast
- Mikael Persbrandt as Anton
- Trine Dyrholm as Marianne
- Ulrich Thomsen as Claus
- William Jøhnk Nielsen as Christian
- Markus Rygaard as Elias
- Martin Buch as Niels
Themes
- friendship
- africa
- refugee camp
- killing
- knife
- bullying
- sudan
- bully
- murder
- hospital
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
42,646 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 24 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Susanne Bier
- Written by
- Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
- Produced by
- Sisse Graum Jørgensen
- Starring
- Mikael Persbrandt , Trine Dyrholm , Ulrich Thomsen , Markus Rygaard, William Jøhnk Juels Nielsen
- Cinematography
- Morten Søborg
- Edited by
- Pernille Bech Christensen, Morten Egholm
- Music by
- Johan Söderqvist
- Production company
- Zentropa
- Distributed by
- Nordisk Film
- Release date
- 26 August 2010 ( 2010-08-26 )
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Countries
- Denmark, Sweden
- Languages
- Danish, Swedish, English, Arabic
- Budget
- US$5.5 million
- Box office
- Worldwide: US$13,004,504
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 24th European Film Awards
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Original language
- Danish
- Main subject
- war crime
- Director
- Susanne Bier
- Composer
- Johan Söderqvist
- Producer
- Sisse Graum Jørgensen
- Production company
- Zentropa
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- Faaborg
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 680160
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/inabetterworld
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Hævnen
- publication date
- 2011-03-17
- distributed by
- Sony Pictures Classics
- film format
- 35 mm film
- review score
- 65/100
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Encyclopedic overview
In a Better World (Danish: Hævnen, "The Revenge") is a 2010 thriller tragedy 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. The film also won European Film Awards for Best Director, in addition to receiving nominations for Best Film. Persbrandt also was nominated for Best Actor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “In a Better World” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.