''Sorrow and Joy'' ( da, Sorg og glæde) is a 2013 Danish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Nils Malmros
Nils Malmros (born 1944), a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema.Nissen, Dan, ''Malmros, Nils'', International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Gale Group, (2001) retrieved 2 August ...
. The autobiographical film recounts the tragic event in which Malmros' wife, suffering from
bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...
, killed their infant daughter with a knife.
It was selected as the Danish entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
87th Academy Awards
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, but was not nominated.
Cast
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Jakob Cedergren
Jakob Cedergren (born 10 January 1973) is a Swedish-born Danish actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1998. He starred in the film '' Dark Horse'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 ...
as Johannes
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Helle Fagralid
Helle Fagralid (born 11 May 1976) is a Danish actress who has appeared in number of feature films and television series.
Career
Fagralid played Iben in the TV-series ''Nikolaj og Julie'' (2002–2003), Freja, the goddess of love, in the TV-se ...
as Signe
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Ida Dwinger
Ida Dwinger (born 6 March 1957) is a Danish actress.
She graduated from Odense Theater School in 1984.
Filmography
Movies
* ''Open Hearts'' aka Dogme #28 (2002)
* '' Facing the Truth'' (2002)
* ''Reconstruction'' (2003)
* ''Princess'' (200 ...
as Else
*
Kristian Halken
Kristian Halken (born 3 April 1955) is a Danish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1981.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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1955 births
Living people
People from Horsens
D ...
as Laurits
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Nicolas Bro
Nicolas Bro (born 16 March 1972) is a Danish actor born in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background
Bro grew up in a family of actors; his mother is Danish actress :da:Helle Hertz, Helle Hertz and father is the actor :da:Christoffer Bro, Christoffer Br ...
as Birkemose
*
Helle Hertz Helle may refer to:
People
* Alternate spelling of George de La Hèle, Renaissance composer
Places
Belgium
* Helle (stream), a 25-km-long stream in Belgium that rises in the Eifel mountains
Denmark
* Helle Municipality, a former municipality ...
as Johannes' mother
*
Niels Weyde as Johannes' father
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Søren Pilmark
Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author.
Career Theater
Pilmark graduated from the School of Acting at Aarhus Theater in 1977, where he ...
as Lawyer
See also
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References
External links
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2013 films
2013 drama films
Danish drama films
Films directed by Nils Malmros
2010s Danish-language films
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