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After the Wedding

2006 · 124 min

A slow-burning, emotionally charged drama that keeps you quietly tense as secrets unravel and lives are reshaped.

Directed by
Susanne Bier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Overview
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

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Directed by
Susanne Bier
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Susanne Bier
Written by
Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring
Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Christian Tafdrup, Ida Dwinger, Mona Malm, Neel Rønholt
Music
Johan Söderqvist
Cinematography
Morten Søborg
Runtime
124 min
Country
Denmark, Sweden
Languages
Danish, Hindi, Swedish, English

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