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DEPOIS DO CASAMENTO
23/01/2007

After the Wedding está entre os indicados ao Oscar 2007; longa será distribuído pela California Filmes com o título Depois do Casamento

A Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas de Hollywood divulgou nesta terça, 23, a lista dos indicados ao Oscar 2007. Entre os concorrentes ao prêmio de melhor filme estrangeiro está o dinamarquês Depois do Casamento (After the Wedding), de Susanne Bier, que será distribuído pela California Filmes, ainda sem data de estréia no Brasil.

O filme que integrou a 30ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo, em outubro de 2006, narra a história de Jacob Petersen, um homem dedicado a ajudar menores carentes da Índia. Quando o orfanato que administra corre o risco de ser fechado, recebe uma proposta incomum: um empresário dinamarquês, Jørgen, oferece uma doação de 4 milhões de dólares. No entanto, impõe algumas condições: retornar à Dinamarca e se aproximar de sua família.

A 79ª cerimônia de entrega do Oscar acontecerá em 25 de fevereiro.

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AFTER  THE  WEDDING

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SYNOPSIS

"After The Wedding" is a new feature film by Susanne Bier (Brothers, Open Hearts, The One and Only). Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Rolf Lassgård, among others, feature in the leading parts.
Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions...
Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.
Title: AFTER THE WEDDING
Original Title: EFTER BRYLLUPPET
Director(s): Susanne Bier
Director of Photography: Morten Søborg
Sound Editor: Eddie Simonsen
Editor: Pernille Bech
Screenwriter(s): Anders Thomas Jensen
Genre: Drama
Length: 122 minutes
Format: 35mm
Screen Ratio: 1:1.85
Sound: SRD
Language spoken: Danish
Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 2005
Producer(s): Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Executive Producer(s): Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Production Company: ZentropaEntertainments16
Domestic release: 24.02.06
   

PRINCIPAL CAST:
Mads Mikkelsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Rolf Lassgård

 

DIRECTORS BIOGRAPHY:

Susanne Bier

Susanne Bier, director of the award-winning features Freud Leaving Home (1990), Family Matters (1993), Like it Never was Before (1995), Credo (1997), and not least The One and Only (1999), which won a whole host of Danish Film Academy and Danish film critics' awards. With record box-office sales The One and Only is one of the 5 most popular Danish feature films of all time. After this blockbuster success Susanne Bier directed Once in a Lifetime (2000), and most recently the highly acclaimed Dogma success Open Hearts (2002), which sold over half a million tickets and won no less than five Danish film awards, including best Danish film. Open Hearts was selected for San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, Sundance Film Festival in the US, and Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Brothers (2004) opened in Denmark autumn 2004 and was both a huge national and international success. It was selected for San Sebastian Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and lately Brothers was nominated in several categories in the prestigious European Film Academy Awards. Recently After the Wedding (2006) has been released in Denmark and it is already living up to Biers other features as a critics and audience favourite. As well as feature films Susanne Bier also directs short films, music videos and commercials.

 

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