In a Better World

Name: In a Better World
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2010
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Mikael Persbrandt, Wil Johnson, Eddy Kimani, Emily Mulaya

Susanne Bier20101h 58mRomance, Drama

Why we chose it

Winner of the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Susanne Bier’s drama refuses to see the world in simple terms. A father tries to convince his son that violence never pays, and the son answers that it does, as long as you hit hard enough the first time.

Synopsis

Anton is a doctor who splits his life between a refugee camp in Africa, where he patches up people maimed by a local warlord, and a small Danish town, where his marriage died long ago. His twelve-year-old son, Elias, is beaten up at school until a new boy, Christian, takes his side and settles the matter with a knife. The two boys then agree on one story to tell the adults.