Tuesday 30 August 2011

In a Better World / Hævnen (DK, 2010)

This articulate, intelligent film subtly explores notions of love and loss, respect and revenge, adulthood and childhood, grief and friendship, matrimony and family. Whatever parallels may exist between Anton's professional situation (the tattooed surgeon works in a bandit region of Kenya) and that of his family at home in Denmark are thankfully not laboured upon. It is excellently shot too.

An unexpected gem - in this year's top 3, defo.

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