worlds apart (to verdener) 2008 region free dvd5 danish bcbc

Worlds Apart (Original title: To verdener) is a 2008 Danish drama directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Oplev and Steen Bille. The film stars Rosalinde Mynster and Pilou Asbæk. Based upon a true story, the film is about a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness girl who struggles to reconcile her faith and her secret romance with a non-believer boy. Worlds Apart played at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and was submitted by Denmark for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Plot

Sara is a teenager who lives with her family, who are Jehovah's Witnesses. The family's devout image is questioned when the parents divorce as a consequence of the father's infidelity. One night at a party Sara meets Teis, an older boy who takes an interest in her. Teis is not a Witness, and their relationship is rejected by her father, but Sara falls in love and begins to doubt her faith. Facing ostracism from her faith and family, Sara must make the toughest choice of her young life.



Cast

Rosalinde Mynster, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Jørn Spottag, Sarah Boberg, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sarah Juel Werner, Jacob Ottensten, Thomas Knuth-Winterfeldt, Charlotte Fich, Hans Henrik Voetmann, Catrine Beck



Worlds Apart (Original title: To verdener) movie review

"Authentic, incisive and reverent..."

Author: Sindre Kaspersen from Norway

11 December 2012

Danish screenwriter and director Niels Arden Oplev's fourth feature film which he co-wrote with screenwriter Steen Bille, is inspired by a newspaper article about a girl who was raised in a family who were members of a movement called Jehovah's Witnesses. It was screened in the Generations section at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival in 2008, in the Discovery section at the 8th Tribeca Film Festival in 2008 and is a Danish production which was shot on location in Denmark and produced by Danish producer Thomas Heinesen. It tells the story about Sara, a 17-year-old girl who discovers a new world after meeting a man named Teis who unlike her family is not part of a religious sect.



Precisely and engagingly directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, this finely paced fictional tale which is narrated from multiple viewpoints, draws a gripping and intimate portrayal of a young woman's relationship with her brother who has been banned by his parents for choosing to not follow their doctrines and a man who values love more than religion. While notable for it's naturalistic milieu depictions and the fine cinematography by Danish cinematographer Lars Vestergaard, this character-driven and narrative-driven love-story which is based on real events, depicts a poignant study of character and contains a great score by Danish composers Jens Bjørnkjær and Jacob Groth.



This instantly involving, romantic and heartrending coming-of-age story about a courageous person who is forced by the ones she holds dearest to make a choice that no one in this world should have to make, examines themes like family relations, ostracism and fundamentalism and is impelled and reinforced by it's cogent narrative structure, substantial character development, abrupt editing, colorful characters and the commendable acting performances by Danish actresses Rosalinde Mynster, Sarah Boberg, Sara Juel Werner and Danish actors Jens Jørn Spottag, Anders W. Berthelsen and Pilou Asbæk in his debut feature film role. An authentic, incisive and reverent drama.