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In a Better World

Year:

2010

Duration:

Denmark:119 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Susanne Bier

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 21 nominations

Details

Country: Denmark

Release Date: 2010-08-26

Filming Locations: Fåborg, Fyn, Denmark

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $33,058 (USA) (3 April 2011)

Gross: $1,007,908 (USA) (4 September 2011)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mikael Persbrandt

In a Better World

Wil Johnson

Najeeb (as Will Johnson)

Eddy Kimani

Patient (as Eddie Kimani)

Emily Mulaya

Sygeplejerske

Gabriel Muli

Læge

June Waweru

Sygeplejerske

Mary Ndoku Mbai

Patient (as Mary Nduku Mbai)

Dynah Bereket

Gammel dame

William Jøhnk Nielsen

Christian

Ulrich Thomsen

Claus

Elsebeth Steentoft

Signe

Satu Helena Mikkelinen

Hanna

Camilla Gottlieb

Eva

Simon Maagaard Holm

Sofus

Emil Nicolai Helms

Sofus' skolekammerat

Martin Buch

Niels

Markus Rygaard

Elias

Trine Dyrholm

Marianne

Toke Lars Bjarke

Morten

Anette Støvelbæk

Hanne

Preben Harris

Patient på hospitalet

Birthe Neumann

Mariannes kollega

Paw Henriksen

Politibetjent

Jesper Lohmann

Politibetjent

Bodil Jørgensen

Rektor

Kim Bodnia

Lars

Lucas Oliver Nyman

Lars' søn (as Lucas O. Nyman)

Rikke Louise Andersson

Lars' kone (as Rikke Louise Anderson)

Lars Kaalund

Lars' kollega

Godfrey Ojiambo

Mand

Evans Muthini

Oversætter

Odiege Matthew

Big Man (as Ondiege Matthew)

Nancy Akoth

Kvinde

Camilla Bendix

Løber

Alberte Blichfeldt

Løberens datter

Stig Hoffmeyer

Læge

Peter Flyvholm

Sygeplejer

Lars Bom

Kriminalassistent

Tina Gylling Mortensen

Socialarbejder

Susanne Juhász

Sygeplejerske (as Susanne Juhasz)

Martin Boserup

Begravelsesgæst (uncredited)

Trice Angie Christiansen

Guest (uncredited)

Rasmus Elton

Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Peter Frederiksen

Family Relative (uncredited)

Camilla Pedersen

Extra (uncredited)

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Trivia

The Danish title 'Hævnen' translates into English as 'Revenge'. Susanne Bier mentioned that she prefers the English title 'In a Better World' which emphasizes the hopefulness of the film while the Danish title emphasizes the severeness of the film (at 1:52:49 in the Blu-ray director's commentary).

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At 13:37 in the Blu-ray director's commentary, Susanne Bier notes that Elias' braces were Markus Rygaard's own braces, not filming props. Having the bullies call him "rat face" was devised after casting, reasoning that, were he bullied, it would be in part for the braces.

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It took just three weeks in Danish cinemas for the film to turn a profit, according to the studio Zentropa.

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Goofs

In the first minutes of the movie, the white T-Shirt that Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) is wearing during the surgery of the little girl gets blood stained (at around 24 mins). When finished and outside the tent, the stain is much smaller and misplaced (at around 20 mins). When leaving on the small truck, the blood stain has moved once more (at around 50 mins).

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When Anton (Michael Persbrant) performs his first surgery he scratches his head/corrects the position of his mask after having put on sterile gloves (at around 42 mins) thereby contaminating them and risking that the patient gets infected. A real surgeon would never do this, and if she or he did, she or he would change gloves.

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Quotes

Christian: Can't wait until you back at school.

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Elias: I've been sleeping for days but I'm still tired.

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Christian: If you hit them hard enough the first time they won't dare to hit you again.

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