After the Wedding
After the Wedding is a Danish film that was nominated for an academy award for best picture. It is a melodrama whose brilliant script explores familial bonds; some based on emotion and others based on blood. It is painful to watch a character's certainties dissolve in the aftermath of a seemingly innocuous invitation to attend a benefactor's wedding. The film allows the viewer to vicariously experience the relief people can feel when certainties, which may be simplistic, evolve into a much more complex and infinitely more rewarding world view. So, enjoy the film for Mads Mikkelsen heart breaking performance and Susanne Biers direction and script. The set will stay with you long after you have returned the DVD.
-Marcia
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