The script is of quality and the actors are excellent, but the end of the film is too dramatic

Brett 2022-01-12 08:02:28

A film from Denmark, originally called "Efter Brylluppet". This year’s Oscars competed for the best foreign language film, and lost to the German "The Lives of Others". The male protagonist Mads Mikkelsen was just in "Casino" "Royale" plays the role of Le Chiffre (the big villain).

This is a story about two men loaned out, telling the story of family, love, the end of life, wealth and poverty, betrayal, etc. The film is rich in materials, quality scripts, actors Excellent and good photography. The

actor Jacob runs an orphanage in India, but he only has love, but he doesn’t know how to raise funds. The orphanage is facing closure. Another actor Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard) is a wealthy Danish businessman who has a happy family. He has a splendid wife, a daughter and a pair of twin sons. In order to save the orphanage, Jacob must go back to Denmark in person, talk to the wealthy businessman and submit a proposal. Reluctantly, Jacob temporarily leaves India, it is still possible I missed the birthday of my beloved child in the orphanage, and I went back to China to see Jorgen. Jorgen was not interested in the proposal, but asked Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding the next day.

The development of the story is a bit unexpected, and I may reveal a little plot.

The soundtrack and the movie The editing is very good, especially when Jacob arrives in Denmark and is arranged to stay in a hotel suite, beautiful, B&O TV, all-weather equipment, the music is the continuation of the Indian period, allegro, Indian color music, but the picture is a six-star hotel Jacob, who is at a loss, still stays in India. The

film deliberately portrays that the two men love children and have a strong affection. The director spent a lot of clips depicting the relationship between Jacob and the children in the orphanage, and the relationship between Jorgen and the twins. Warm. The

director likes to use the actors' close-ups to fully express their inner feelings, but they also test their acting skills. Of course, they are more than promoted. Even the supporting role, Stine Fischer Christensen, who plays Jorgen's daughter Anna, also plays well.

The angle of the camera is also worthy of praise, and many of them are impressive. I like Jacob to walk away from the camera several times. He is an actor who can also act on his back. I remember that he was walking alone in the middle of the night with the national flag on both sides. Afterwards (at the end of the film), from the same angle, the funeral coffin and the person who helped the spirits were replaced on the road.

Although the movie is not deliberately sensational, I can't help crying in two scenes: both daughter Anna and two fathers crying separately Dialogue. One is the father who met and met for the first time 20 years later, and the other is the father who is about to die. The

movie talks about money and family affection, of course, the former cannot be compared with the latter. The children of the orphanage also quoted Jacob as saying , The people in Denmark are so alienated because the houses there are so far apart. The

only dissatisfaction with a very successful feature film is that the second half is overly dramatic. The encounter between the two men is rich enough, why do you want to add it? The husband of the newlywed daughter is unfaithful? Is it more?

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After the Wedding quotes

  • Jørgen Lennart Hannson: I am sick, damn it! I'm the one that is out of time. Jacob, I am dying. You have to stay and do what we have decided. Anna will need you... And Helene... And the boys... They're so young, Jacob. Look at me, Jacob! Don't you see that there is a point to all of this? You have a responsibility here, Jacob. Do I have to live on the other side of the world to get your help?

  • Helene Hannson: I want to come with you.

    Jørgen Lennart Hannson: No, out of the question. You don't want to, Helene. It's sons and their father in the woods. Or else they'll turn out gay.