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.
Director:
Susanne Bier
From metacritic.com
See what Paula Patton has to say about Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Mariah Carey, and Tom Cruise.
Related News
-
Nordic Film Market’s Work-in-Progress to Showcase New Films by Odell, Erlingsson, Noer, Stein/Mårlind
26 January 2018 | Variety - Film News -
‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Review: Mel Gibson Proves to Be One Daddy Too Many in Queasy Holiday Comedy
10 November 2017 | Indiewire -
Sandra Bullock to Play Texas State Senator Wendy Davis in “Let Her Speak”
10 November 2017 | Women and Hollywood
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: In a Better World (2010)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
People who liked this also liked...
After the Wedding
(2006)
Drama
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Mads Mikkelsen,
Sidse Babett Knudsen,
Rolf Lassgård
Brødre
(2004)
Drama
|
War
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Ulrich Thomsen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Connie Nielsen
Open Hearts
(2002)
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Sonja Richter,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Mads Mikkelsen
Den skaldede frisør
(2012)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Pierce Brosnan,
Trine Dyrholm,
Molly Blixt Egelind
Adam's Apples
(2005)
Comedy
|
Crime
|
Drama
Director:
Anders Thomas Jensen
Stars:
Ulrich Thomsen,
Mads Mikkelsen,
Nicolas Bro
En chance til
(2014)
Drama
|
Thriller
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Roland Møller,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mikael Persbrandt | ... | ||
| 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
(as William Jøhnk Juel Nielsen)
|
|
| Ulrich Thomsen | ... | ||
|
|
Elsebeth Steentoft | ... |
Signe
|
|
|
Satu Helena Mikkelinen | ... |
Hanna
|
| Camilla Gottlieb | ... |
Eva
|
|
|
|
Simon Maagaard Holm | ... |
Sofus
|
|
|
Emil Nicolai Helms | ... |
Sofus' skolekammerat
|
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy. Written by Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Producer
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violent and disturbing content some involving preteens, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
Edit
See more on IMDbPro »
See full technical specs »
Details
Release Date:
26 August 2010 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
In a Better World See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$33,058, 3 April 2011, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,008,098Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$13,004,198Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Sound Mix:
Dolby DigitalColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
Edit
See more »
Did You Know?
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). See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
Anton: Sometimes it feels like there is a veil between you and death, but that veil disappears when you lose someone you loved or someone who was close to you, and you see death clearly, for a second, but later the veil returns, and you carry on living. Then things will be alright again.See more »
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.