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After the Wedding

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Jacob Petersen (Mads Mikkelsen) dedicates his life to helping street children in India, and when the orphanage he leads may be closed, he receives an interesting offer. A businessman will give him $4 million -- with conditions. Jacob must return to Denmark and take part in the wedding of the man's daughter; the event is a crucial meeting of past and future, throwing Jacob into the most-intense dilemma of his life.

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The cast brings After the Wedding's melodramatic script to life, creating a movie that is emotionally raw and satisfying.

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Joumane Chahine Film Comment Magazine 11/19/2013
There's nothing quite as devastating as tragedy treated with sharp and precise Northern European restraint. Go to Full Review
Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle 06/02/2007
3.5/5
Bier [is] the latest in a long line of filmmakers who have mastered the art of making movies about people we can all thank God we're not. Go to Full Review
Jonathan F. Richards Film.com 05/28/2007
One of the more interesting themes of this movie is the question of which is more important to a cause, the man or the money. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/06/2019
Reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman with its substantive style, AFTER THE WEDDING provides a focused perspective of life. Go to Full Review
Heather Huntington ReelzChannel.com 08/21/2008
8/10
As a critic, I don't always have the luxury of choosing everything I see. And a lucky thing, too, because director Susanne Bier's After the Wedding is making a strong argument that my instincts about Danish cinema are wrong wrong wrong. Go to Full Review
Jean-François Vandeuren Panorama 08/20/2008
7/10
Une oeuvre aussi sincère que les intentions de ses protagonistes qui épate par l'efficacité d'une mise en scènes dont les rouages se veulent entièrement au service du discours Go to Full Review
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Dani G Jun 28 A good manufactured, intelligent film, with good performances, showing that a film doesn't have to be thrilling to be good See more Jane D 08/07/2024 A little late to the party, but nevertheless I loved this movie. An unexpected film about connection, betrayal, and finally ties that keep is bound together through the years. Cast great, production values very good. Remember to bring a box of tissues with you to the sofa. You'll neeed it. See more R 9 10/04/2023 I wouldn't quite rate it as highly as some have online, but I do agree that 'After the Wedding' is a great film! It took me a little while to warm to this but eventually I had a positive time watching it, it even manages to pack a more emotional punch towards the end... it genuinely had me feeling sad for the characters. The flick probably overruns slightly as it could've reached the aforementioned conclusion quicker, but that's a very small criticism. Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Stine Fischer Christensen are big performers throughout, credit to all three of them. Rolf Lassgård is, however, the star of the show in my opinion - a top notch performance, particularly for the crux of the plot. I felt his character's emotion. I did almost agree with many others online by giving it around 9/10, though I settled on 8/10... it's not far off, I admit. Either way, and more pertinently, it's a film that holds quality. See more dave s 05/09/2022 Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) manages an orphanage in India. Struggling financially to keep the orphanage open, he returns to his homeland of Denmark to accept a lucrative donation, only to find himself ensnared in past transgressions and forced to reassess his priorities. Susanne Bier's After the Wedding has an intriguing premise that sometimes veers towards lurid melodrama, but wisely never crosses that line. Despite the appealing storyline, the film is hurt by many of Bier's directorial choices. The handheld camera is dizzying at times. There are a ridiculous amount of pointless and distracting extreme close-ups, most of which include eyeballs. Much of the editing, including a bunch of jump cuts, comes across as frantic. After the Wedding is a potentially great film done in by its own stylistic excesses. See more 03/02/2022 Susanne Bier is, as always, the master of moral dilemma. See more 11/23/2021 A very good original Danish film that should not have been remade with American actors. Watch this one, not the remake! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jacob Petersen (Mads Mikkelsen) dedicates his life to helping street children in India, and when the orphanage he leads may be closed, he receives an interesting offer. A businessman will give him $4 million -- with conditions. Jacob must return to Denmark and take part in the wedding of the man's daughter; the event is a crucial meeting of past and future, throwing Jacob into the most-intense dilemma of his life.
Director
Susanne Bier
Producer
Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Screenwriter
Anders Thomas Jensen
Production Co
Zentropa Entertainment
Rating
R (Some Language|A Scene of Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Danish
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 2007
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
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