 After the Wedding 2006  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgard, Stine Fischer Christensen, Mona Malm, Christian Tafdrup, Niels Anders Thorn, Neeral Mulchandani, Ida Dwinger, Meenal Patel
Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) runs an orphanage in India, but the orphanage is threatened by closure. Hope comes in the form of four million dollars offered by Danish Businessman Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard) if Jacob will come to Denmark. Jacob takes the trip to Copenhagen and meets with Jorgen who now wants to discuss the financing at his daughter Anna's (Stine Fischer Christensen) wedding the next day. At the wedding, Jacob and Jorgen's wife Helene (Sidse Babett Knudsen) appear to have a connection, but it is not until the wedding toast that past, present, and future come together. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Brothers 2004 R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjorg Hojfeldt, Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Logstrup, Niels Olsen, Paw Henriksen, Lars Hjortshoj, Tom Mannion
Two brothers–military officer, family man Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) and alcoholic, ex-con Jannik (Nikolai Lie Kaas)–exchange places in the family when Michael's wife, Sarah (Connie Nielsen), gets word that his helicopter has been shot down over Afghanistan. Jannik cleans up his act, finds a job, and helps Sarah with the children. When Michael does return from Afghanistan, the tables are turned, and it is Michael, not Jannik, who suffers psychological problems after being held in captivity.
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Open Hearts 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerragaard, Birthe Neumann, Niels Olsen, Ulf Pilgaard, Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen, Pelle Bang Sorensen, Philip Zanden
After her fiance, Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), is paralyzed in an accident, Cecilie (Sonja Richter) falls in love with the husband (Mads Mikkelsen) of the woman (Paprika Steen) responsible for causing Joachim's paralysis.
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Things We Lost in the Fire 2007  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch, Alison Lohman, Robin Weigert, Omar Benson Miller, Paula Newsome, Sarah Dubrovsky, Maureen Thomas
Audrey's (Halle Berry) husband Steven (David Duchovny) is killed trying to protect a battered woman, and at his wake she turns to Steven's friend Jerry (Benicio Del Toro) who–through flashbacks–reveals that he and Steven were close friends. While Steven was a successful real-estate broker, Jerry is a loser and drug addict. Audrey needs someone to turn to and invites Jerry to move in with her and her children (Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry). Jerry bonds with the family, and, despite their differences, Jerry and Audrey develop a mutual dependency on each other.
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| 1. After the Wedding (2006)
2. Brothers (2004)
3. Open Hearts (2002)
4. Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
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