The trailer for Susanne Bier’s In a Better World, which won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and has since been nominated for Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Feature, has just arrived online and having seen the film and loved it I can’t suggest you watch it. The trailer doesn’t do the film any favors by showing snippets of information that allude to what you should expect without much ambiguity whatsoever. This is a great film and one I went into knowing absolutely nothing about and that worked in the film’s favor immensely especially with the way it weaves the stories of two families together, both directly and indirectly.
Here’s the opening paragraph to my review from the Toronto International Film Festival last year:
Susanne Bier’s In a Better World is a fascinating look at the difference between revenge, pacifism and forgiveness. The lines become blurred in a beautiful exploration of human instincts and our interpretation of knowing what’s right and what’s wrong.
The acting in this film will make you stand up and take notice, particularly from the younger actors William Johnk Nielsen and Markus Rygaard. Both young actors are able to tap into that sense of not belonging, rebellion and adolescent confusion that tie the audience to their characters throughout and the added emotion from their parents including performances by Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm and Ulrich Thomsen simply make it a picture well worth the watch.
Sony Pictures Classics is set to release the film on April 1. My suggestion, wait until then to watch the film without any prior knowledge. If you can’t hold out, the trailer is directly below.
