Hævnen
(2010)
AKA: In a Better World
Country: Denmark
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Anton works as a doctor in an African war zone, treating the victims of a murderous militia. At home in Denmark, he has two sons and a broken marriage waiting. His son Elias is tormented at school, but new kid Christian scares the bullies off. Christian's mother is recently deceased, and he blames his father. When Anton has a brush with a stranger in town, he teaches the boys to turn the other cheek, but Christian is eager to react and enlists Elias to help. Back in Africa, an unexpected patient puts Anton's principles to the test.
Notes
- Winner 2011 foreign language Oscar
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Cast
- Mikael Persbrandt
- William Jøhnk Nielsen
(Christian) - Markus Rygaard
(Elias) - Trine Dyrholm
- Ulrich Thomsen
- Simon Maagaard Holm
(Sofus) - Toke Lars Bjarke
(Morten) - Lucas O. Nyman
(Lars' son)
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I was worried this was veering into cliche "psycho kid" film territory toward the middle, but it redeems itself by the end.
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8 / 10 This film from the prolific and successful director Susanne Bier is very well done but quite...slick. Everything falls pat.
My Movie Rating: 7 / 10 A disturbing movie showing the heartless brutality teens can engage in.
My Movie Rating: 10 / 10 
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A movie that teaches us how to fight a bully, and then they see Christian's dad being bullied. Both of the boys were great in this film; however, I have a preference toward Elias played by Markus Rygaard. Elias appeared as an easy-going type, cool and all that.
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