After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet)
Acclaimed Danish director Susanne Bier returns with this Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
Far from home, Jacob (Casino Royale villain, Mads Mikkelsen), runs a struggling orphanage in one India’s poorest regions. Desperate to save the orphanage from closure, he returns to Denmark to meet Jorgen (Rolf Lassg?rd) a wealthy businessman and potential benefactor. Jorgen offers Jacob a seemingly innocent invitation to attend his daughter’s wedding. What appears to be nothing more than a friendly gesture sets in motion an increasingly devastating series of surprises, revelations, and confessions that will forever change their lives.
- Director:
- Susanne Bier ('Brothers', 'Things We Lost in the Fire')
- Writer:
- Anders Thomas JensenSusanne Bier
- Cast:
- Mads MikkelsenRolf Lassg?rdSidse Babett KnudsenStine Fischer ChristensenChristian Tafdrup
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressCould easily have become unbearably sentimental and cliched. Instead, thanks to a tight script, sharp direction and excellent actors, new film by Danish helmer Susanne Bier manages to be both emotional and engaging...
The New York Times
pressA fine and, on a scene-by-scene basis, often better than fine, if effectively unadventurous work...
Hollywood Reporter
pressOnce again Bier demonstrates just how misleading appearances can be, as she artfully removes the veneers concealing the dark truths locked away by her intriguing characters...
Salon
pressWhat feels at first like a quiet, straightforward picture builds into one of the richest and most satisfying of the year so far, in any genre or any language...
New Zealand Herald
pressPotent Danish drama of skeletons falling out of family closets is occasionally deliberate but mostly mesmerising...
LA Weekly
pressEvidently, this bloated piece of Oscar-nominated nonsense was a big hit in Denmark, which makes me think there's a glittering future in that otherwise discriminating country for several seasons of "Days of Our Lives."...
BBC
pressAccording to Danish director Susanne Bier, humanity resides between a rock and a hard place. Like her previous films (Open Hearts, Brothers), After The Wedding is an unabashed melodrama about a family torn apart by the randomness of life. As usual the performances are strong; Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) excelling as a sullen aid worker uprooted from India to confront his past. It's a good thing too as the plot is about as subtly orchestrated as a pop star's nuptials...
Variety
pressCould easily have become unbearably sentimental and cliched. Instead, thanks to a tight script, sharp direction and excellent actors, new film by Danish helmer Susanne Bier manages to be both emotional and engaging...
The New York Times
pressA fine and, on a scene-by-scene basis, often better than fine, if effectively unadventurous work...
Hollywood Reporter
pressOnce again Bier demonstrates just how misleading appearances can be, as she artfully removes the veneers concealing the dark truths locked away by her intriguing characters...
Salon
pressWhat feels at first like a quiet, straightforward picture builds into one of the richest and most satisfying of the year so far, in any genre or any language...
New Zealand Herald
pressPotent Danish drama of skeletons falling out of family closets is occasionally deliberate but mostly mesmerising...
LA Weekly
pressEvidently, this bloated piece of Oscar-nominated nonsense was a big hit in Denmark, which makes me think there's a glittering future in that otherwise discriminating country for several seasons of "Days of Our Lives."...
BBC
pressAccording to Danish director Susanne Bier, humanity resides between a rock and a hard place. Like her previous films (Open Hearts, Brothers), After The Wedding is an unabashed melodrama about a family torn apart by the randomness of life. As usual the performances are strong; Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) excelling as a sullen aid worker uprooted from India to confront his past. It's a good thing too as the plot is about as subtly orchestrated as a pop star's nuptials...
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