26/01/2011

Four years after her Oscar nomination for After the Wedding [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile], Danish director Susanne Bier will be back at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on February 27, with her new drama In a Better World [+see also:
trailer
film profile], vying for Best Foreign Language Film.

The film has a good chance to snag the coveted statuette, having just won a Golden Globe in the same category less than two weeks ago. Just like After the Wedding, the story of In a Better World was co-developed with Anders Thomas Jensen, who then wrote the script.

Bier described the film to Cineuropa: “It focuses on Mikael Persbrandt’s character, an idealistic doctor working on a humanitarian mission somewhere in a refugee camp in Africa. He wants to do the right thing but is being tested by events and we see how far this can go.”

In a Better World was the third biggest Danish success hit of 2010 at home with over 415,000 admissions. The film has been released in Scandinavia and will open throughout the rest of the world over the next six months, including in Korea, Hong Kong, Brazil, Germany and France. Sony Picture Classics – which handled last year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, The Secret in Their Eyes [+see also:
trailer
making of
Interview Juan José Campanella [IT]
Interview Ricardo Darín [IT]
Interview Soledad Villemin [IT]
film profile] – is orchestrating the Oscar campaign for In a Better World in the US and will release it in April.

In a Better World was produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen for Zentropa. World sales are handled by TrustNordisk.