Maria is a young and caring nurse who wants to break free. Niels is an incurable patient who wants to travel to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide. Together they embark on an intense journey that will bring them closer to each other, but also closer to their dreams.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 28 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Germany, 2015
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
- Screenplay
- Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
- Cinematography
- Brian Curt Petersen
- Cast
- Lisa Carlehed, Peter Plaugborg, Johanna Wokalek, Kirsten Olesen
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film, FIPRESCI award
- White Iris Award for Best Debut.
Director
Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm was born in 1982 in a small town in France, moved to Denmark in 2001. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2011 with Withering Love starring Emmanuelle Béart and Denis Lavant. In Your Arms (2015) is his first feature film. It premiered at Göteborg Film Festival, where it also took home two prizes.
