Dir: Susanne Bier, Denmark, 2012, 116 mins, Cert: 15A, Language Danish.
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Pierce Brosnan, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastien Jensen, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia, Christiane Schaumburg-Muller, Micky Skeel Hansen.
In a standard romantic comedy, the manner in which Philip (Brosnan), a widower/workaholic fruit-and-vegetable mogul, and Ida (Dyrholm), a cancer survivor now weathering her husband’s infidelity, first cross paths might be construed as a "meet cute." However, Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier (In a Better World) is aspiring to something far more sophisticated here. As these strangers jet off to sunny Sorrento for the wedding of his son and her daughter, they tumble into a charming drama containing all of Bier’s exemplary character dynamics and meticulous construction – Vancouver International Film Festival 2012.
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