Filmmaker Johannes and his wife, schoolteacher Signe, experience the biggest sorrow and misfortune one can ever imagine. Nevertheless, in all the hopelessness they must try to reach for mutual and mature love in order to continue life after death. Director Nils Malmros is one of Danish films most significant personalities and during the last forty years his characters have always had a strong autobiographical element. Being his most personal film to date, Sorrow & Joy is no exception.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 47 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2013
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Nils Malmros
- Screenplay
- Nils Malmros, John Mogensen
- Cinematography
- Jan Weincke
- Cast
- Jakob Cedergren, Helle Fagralid, Nicolas Bro, Ida Dwinger, Kristian Halken, Maja Dybboe
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Actress
- nominated for Best International Feature Film
- unknown - 1
Director
Nils Malmros
Nils Malmros was born in 1944 , in Århus, Denmark. He is one of Scandinavia’s most significant directors. The formally educated physician is self-taught and famous for his perfectionism and his unique talent for using his own life and experiences for storytelling. His 11 feature films mark milestones in Danish filmmaking: Tree of Knowledge (1981), which was officially selected for Cannes Film Festival, Beauty and the Beast (1983), Århus by Night (1989), Pain of Love (1992), Facing the Truth (2002) and Aching Hearts (2009).
