4º – In a Better World (Susanne Bier, 2010)
Lives intersect, histories before distinct end up undergoing an inexorable symbiotic process, explaining all the nuances of erratic journeys of individuals on the world that, when united, conceive something new and more pleasant. The film still works with the concept of goodness exposed in one of the characters, counteracting the exacerbations of the world.
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3º – After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)
A co-ordinator of an orphanage in India must return to Copenhagen to raise funds for the institution. As he arrives at the place and begins to share the experiences of the local people, the man will see several phantoms of past experiences unfinished, discovering familiar secrets that will completely alter his life. Nurturing a concise script and flawless direction, ‘ After the Wedding’ presents us with a fascinating story about the unpredictability of life.
2º – Submarino (Thomas Vinterberg, 2010)
The plot presents the stories of two brothers, marked by a tragic event of their childhoods, who cross, each in their own way, erratic journeys over the world. ‘Submarino’ is a sad film that shows how the past can become an inveterate instance in a person’s life, acting to completely delimit their fields of action, causing them suffering and, consequently, the appearance of psychopathologies.
1º – The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
A party of a patriarch of a family ends up taking on chaotic proportions when, at a certain point in the celebrations, their children begin to reveal frightening secrets about the past of their members. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg (perhaps the greatest Danish director of today), ‘The Celebration’ is a study of the moral constructs intrinsic to the human being, spelling out, during his 105-minute ephemera, a cathartic parade of characters tormented by turbulent events of an unpleasant past.
