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Beginnings

2025 · 96 min

A quiet, tender look at a marriage forced to pause, finding fragile hope in the aftermath of crisis.

Directed by: Jeanette Nordahl
Genres: Drama
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt

Tagline: life can start over in an instant
Overview: Ane and Thomas are on the verge of being divorced when Ane suffers a stroke, forcing them to stay together and postpone telling their children about the split. Faced with this new reality, the two find hope where they least expect it.

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Directed by: Jeanette Nordahl
Genres: Drama
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
healing
trauma
parenthood
Places: home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jeanette Nordahl
Written by: Rasmus Birch, Jeanette Nordahl
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Alvin Olid Bursøe, Christine Gjerulff, Kurt Dreyer, Hanne Uldal, Christopher Nallo
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Sweden
Languages: Danish

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