Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
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Susanne Bier
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| Connie Nielsen | ... | Sarah | |
| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | Michael | |
| Nikolaj Lie Kaas | ... | Jannik | |
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Sarah Juel Werner | ... | Natalia |
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Rebecca Løgstrup | ... | Camilla (as Rebecca Løgstrup Soltau) |
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Bent Mejding | ... | Henning |
| Solbjørg Højfeldt | ... | Else | |
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Niels Olsen | ... | Allentoft |
| Paw Henriksen | ... | Niels Peter | |
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Lars Hjortshøj | ... | Preben 2 |
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Lars Ranthe | ... | Preben 1 |
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André Babikian | ... | Nadeem |
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Lene Maria Christensen | ... | J. Solvej |
| Laura Bro | ... | Ditte | |
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Henrik Koefoed | ... | Bartender |
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Michael has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Michael is missing in action - presumed dead - and Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Michael comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same... Written by Anonymous
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afghanistan | prisoner | husband wife relationship | mental breakdown | gun |Taglines:
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French visa # 114270. See more »Goofs
Sarah's pink scarf disappears and reappears several times in one of the scenes in the kitchen. See more »Quotes
Michael: I will always love you. That is the only truth that remains. Life is neither right nor wrong, good or bad. But I love you. That's all I know.See more »
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DanishRelease Date:
27 August 2004 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$8,161, 8 May 2005Gross USA:
$389,220Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Now Danish movies are beginning to really hurt and Susanne Biel is a good runner-up to Lars von Trier. This is about the Danish mayor who is believed to have fallen in Afghanistan. It's about his daughters, his wife and most of all his brother, the no-good who's temporarily (?) out of prison and has too (?) good contact with the mayor's wife.
The acting is good and the conflicts heavy. But they aren't that heavy that you feel alienated. Why can you watch action movies there people are killed all the time and don't mind it? Because it has nothing to do with your life. This movie has, although the situations are extreme, but in a completely other way.
Well worth seeing.