Oscar® winner for Best Foreign Language Film

In a Better World

MPA Rating: for violent and disturbing content some involving preteens, and for language.

Relevant Issues

A BETTER WORLD—Did God make the world the way it is now? What kind of world would you create? Answer

death

grief

funerals in the Bible

REVENGE, love replaces hatred—former israeli soldier and an ex-PLO fighter prove peace is possible-but only with Jesus Christ

turning the other cheek

war in the Bible

What is the Biblical perspective on war? Answer

pacifism

bully

forgiveness

school

refugee camp

marriage

fatherhood

father son conflict

suicidal child

SUICIDE—What does the Bible say? Answer

multiple languages—Babel

Pain and suffering

Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Answer

What about the issue of suffering? Doesn’t this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answer

Does God feel our pain? Answer

ORIGIN OF BAD—How did bad things come about? Answer

Featuring	Mikael Persbrandt—Anton Trine Dyrholm—Marianne Ulrich Thomsen—Claus William Jøhnk Nielsen—Christian (as William Jøhnk Juels Nielsen) Markus Rygaard—Elias Wil Johnson—Læge Eddy Kimani—Læge See all » Emily Mglaya—Sygeplejeske Gabriel Muli—Tolk June Waweru—Patient Mary Hounu Moat—Patient Synah Berchet—Gammel dame Elsebeth Steentoft—Signe Satu Helena Mikkelinen—Hanna Camilla Gottlieb—Eva Simon Maagaard Holm Emil Nicolai Helms—Lars søn Martin Buch—Niels Toke Lars Bjarke—Morten Anette Støvelbæk—Hanne Preben Harris—Patient på hospitalet Birthe Neumann—Mariannes kollega Paw Henriksen—Politibetjent Jesper Lohmann—Politibetjent Bodil Jørgensen—Skoleinspektør Rikke Louise Andersson—Lars kollega Kim Bodnia—Lars Lars Kaalund—Lars kollega Camilla Bendix—Løberen Alberte Blichfeldt—Løberens datter (as Alberte Blickfeldt) Stig Hoffmeyer—Læge Peter Flyvholm Lars Bom—Kriminalassistent Tina Gylling Mortensen—Socialrådgiver
Director	Susanne Bier
Producer	Danmarks Radio (DR—Copenhagen, Denmark), Det Danske Filminstitut (Copenhagen, Denmark), Film Fyn, Film i Väst (Trollhättan, Sweden), See all » MEDIA, Memfis Film (Stockholm, Sweden), Nordisk Film and TV-Fond (Bekkestua, Norway), Sveriges Television (SVT—Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish Film Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), Trollhättan Film AB (Haganas, Sweden), Zentropa International, Zentropa Productions, Karen Bentzon—line producer, Sisse Graum Jørgensen—producer
Distributor	Sony Pictures Classics, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “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.”

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