Co-production Denmark-Sweden; Danish Filminstitute / Danmarks Radio (DR) / Film Fyn / Film i Väst / MEDIA / Memfis Film / Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond / Sveriges Television (SVT) / Swedish Film Institute / Trollhättan Film AB / Zentropa International
2010: Academy Award: Oscar Best Foreign Language Film 2010: Golden Globes Awards: Best Foreign Language Film 2010: Seville Film Festival: Best Direction, Best Screenplay 2010: Rome Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award 2011: European Film Awards: Best Director. 5 nominations
In a nation at war in Africa, Anton, a Danish doctor, is working on a humanitarian mission in a refugee camp. His wife is left alone for long periods in Denmark with their son Elia, who is bullied by his classmates. Then a new classmate arrives, Christian, a boy who, after the death of his mother, has grown up alone with his father. This boy transforms all his pain into violence and Elia is immediately drawn by his strong personality. The friendship between the two boys becomes a dangerous game of revenge and rage that will call Anton’s ideals into doubt and shake the lives of both families.
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"Exceptional" (Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times) ----------------------------------------
"Bier dramatizes our ambivalence so earnestly that it's tempting to give her awards rather than admit that the movie is a crushing bore" (David Edelstein: New York Magazine) ----------------------------------------
"What might have flirted with melodrama in less capable hands remains bracingly persuasive thanks to Bier's typically understated direction and the effectively grounded performances of her convincing cast" (Michael Rechtshaffen: The Hollywood Reporter) ----------------------------------------
"A powerful contempo drama" (Peter Debruge: Variety) ----------------------------------------
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