After the Wedding
After the Wedding ★★★ Efter Bryllupet 2006 (R)
Jacob (Mikkelsen), director of a struggling Indian orphanage, is given the opportunity to solve all his problems via a rich benefactor back in Denmark. Once he returns home, however, he finds things much more complicated than he expected, and he must choose between the world he knows in India and the obligations towards an ex-girlfriend and illegitimate daughter in Denmark. Oscar-nominated, poignant film teeters on the fine line between melodrama and soap opera. 120m/C DVD . CZ Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgard, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup; D: Suzanne (Susanne) Bier; W: Anders Thomas Jensen; C: Morten Soborg; M: Johan Soderqvist.
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