The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 24 nominations total
Wil Johnson
- Najeeb
- (as Will Johnson)
Eddy Kimani
- Patient
- (as Eddie Kimani)
Mary Ndoku Mbai
- Patient
- (as Mary Nduku Mbai)
William Jøhnk Nielsen
- Christian
- (as William Jøhnk Juel Nielsen)
Satu Mikkelinen
- Hanna
- (as Satu Helena Mikkelinen)
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- TriviaThe 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).
- GoofsWhen 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in DR2 Premiere: Episode #4.1 (2010)
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The problem of vengeance
Is there any subject more mistreated in movies than retaliation? No, I don't think so. There's a dishonourable and long history about it and calling some of the stuff redneck and primitive is being unfair to the whole redneck movement.
Susanna Bier puts other dimensions to it. The boy being bullied at school is also an old subject, but here the real painful questions about so called pay-back are thrown in our faces. A revenge is seldom just a revenge; it brings other consequences too. That sounds like a cliché, but Susanne Bier says it in a way which concerns us. Like vengeance movies seldom do.
Great performance by Mikael Persbrandt, well known for misusing his talent too many times. But not here.
Susanna Bier puts other dimensions to it. The boy being bullied at school is also an old subject, but here the real painful questions about so called pay-back are thrown in our faces. A revenge is seldom just a revenge; it brings other consequences too. That sounds like a cliché, but Susanne Bier says it in a way which concerns us. Like vengeance movies seldom do.
Great performance by Mikael Persbrandt, well known for misusing his talent too many times. But not here.
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- Julius
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- Budget
- $5,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,008,098
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $33,058
- Apr 3, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $13,004,504
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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