BBB
(out of 5)
Original title: Efter Brylluppet
Working in India as a teacher for impoverished children, Mads Mikkelsen is informed that he needs to travel home to his native Denmark to help raise money for his school to remain open. The corporation looking to invest in his project wants to meet him in person, so he goes and upon arrival is immediately invited to the wedding of his possible benefactor’s daughter. Walking into the ceremony sees him walking into his own past, with a particular key member of the wedding party turning out to be holding a secret part of his life that he has had no awareness of for the last two decades. From there the film twists a million times, at many turns incredibly moving until director Susanne Bier exhausts our patience with a seemingly endless soap opera that wants to go on forever. Terrific acting, however, and excellent dialogue.
Zentropa Entertainments, After the Wedding, Sigma Films, Sveriges Television, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film, Invicta Capital
Directed by Susanne Bier
Story by Susanne Bier, Screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematography by Morten Soborg
Produced by Sisse Graum Jorgensen
Music by Johan Soderqvist
Production Design by Soren Skjaer
Costume Design by Manon Rasmussen
Film Editing by Pernille Bech Christensen, Morten Hojbjerg
