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Love Is All You Need

2012 · 116 min

A bittersweet, sun-dappled romance about second chances, mixing gentle humour with raw emotion and a touch of melodrama.

Directed by
Susanne Bier
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Egelind
Tagline
It started when everything was over.
Overview
Ida, a Danish hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, returns home from the hospital one day to find her husband is cheating on her. She decides to travel to Italy on her own for her daughter's wedding, but discovers on arriving that the wedding gathering will present its own challenges.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
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More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Susanne Bier
Genres
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring
Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Egelind
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • family
  • healing
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Susanne Bier
Written by
Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring
Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Egelind, Sebastian Jessen, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia, Ciro Petrone, Line Kruse
Music
Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography
Morten Søborg
Runtime
116 min
Country
Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Germany
Languages
Danish, Italian, English

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