2011 Oscar & Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World is a gripping and beautifully constructed human drama about revenge and the power of forgiveness from acclaimed director Susanne Bier (After The Wedding).From the confines of a refugee camp in Africa, to the deceptively idyllic suburban life of two families in Denmark, Susanne Bier expertly paints a portrait of two fragile worlds inextricably linked by conflict and violence and the hard choices struggling to be made for life in a better world.Anton is a doctor who commutes between his... home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death.Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. [show more]
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Two Danish schoolchildren -- one meek and unassertive the other angry and vengeance-prone -- forge a friendship with ugly consequences in this cautionary tale from director Susanne Bier The story opens with physician Anton (Mikael Persbrandt working abroad in a Kenyan hospital where he&39;s routinely treating female victims of a psychotic thug known as Big Man (Evans Muthini) Anton himself suffers from a dysfunctional home life given his emotional estrangement from his wife (Trine Dyrholm) and his desire to set a positive example for son Elias (Markus Rygaard) -- the physician longs to mend both relationships but finds this difficult given his frequent absenteeism Meanwhile another family suffers from equally grave issues Claus (Ulrich Thomsen) and his son Christian (William Johnk Juels Nielsen) move from London back to their home country of Denmark; Claus is still reeling from his late wife&39;s recent death from cancer and father and son find it more and more difficult to connect with another But Christian has much deeper issues than simple filial alienation -- an almost pathological addiction to retribution that manifests itself in a knife-wielding attempt to protect new friend Elias from a local bully Elias and Christian become fast companions but as they do it draws out a level of rage in both boys that threatens to culminate in shocking terroristic levels of violence
Susanne Bier directs this Academy Award-winning Danish drama about the complex and damaging relationships within two dysfunctional families. After his mother's death, Christian (William Johnk Nielsen) moves from London back to his birth country, Denmark, with his father, whom he believes to be responsible for the death of his mother. On his first day at school, he meets Elias (Markus Rygaard), a boy of his own age struggling to cope with his parents' separation and imminent divorce, who is being bullied by his classmates. The two boys quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian acts rashly to protect Elias, their friendship is tested and their lives put in danger.
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