Bird's Eye View

In A Better World

LONDON PREMIERE

Filmmaker: Susanne Bier

With Mikael Persbrandt (Simon Staho’s Day and Night), Ulrich Thomsen and Trine Dyrholm (Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen)

Denmark / 2010 / 113 min / Danish, Swedish (subtitled) / English

Awards: WINNER: BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ACADEMY AWARD 2011
& BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM GOLDEN GLOBE 2011
Audience Award winner, Rome International Film Festival 2010
Best Director & Best Script, Seville Film Festival 2010

BFI Southbank NFT1, Sun 13 March, 3.30pm
Electric Cinema, Mon 14 March, 6.30pm
Rio Cinema, Tue 15 March, 6.15pm

Claus moves to Denmark following his wife's death. Anton, recently separated from his wife, commutes to work at an African refugee camp. As each family deals with conflict and grief, their sons form an extraordinary and dangerous friendship with potentially tragic consequences. Ultimately, all must choose between forgiveness and revenge. Oscar nominee and Sundance winner Susanne Bier (After the Wedding, Brothers, Things We Lost In The Fire) masterfully uncovers the fragility of everyday life and the chaos lurking beneath.

'A gripping meditation on the choices between pacificism and violence'
Screen International

BEV News: Read our article on Bier's Oscar win.

Book now:
BFI Southbank, Sun 13 March, 3.30pm
Electric Cinema, Mon 14 March, 6.30pm
Rio Cinema, Tue 15 March, 6.15pm

Susanne Bier

Academy Award nominee and Sundance award winner Susanne Bier is director of the critically acclaimed films After the Wedding, Brothers and Things We Lost in the Fire. Her work is informed by the avant-guard filmmaking movement Dogme, led by Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. Bier’s picture In a Better World is the Danish entry to the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

In A Better World will have a UK release on 19 Aug, distributed by Axiom Films