Worlds Apart (film)

Worlds Apart
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Produced by Thomas Heinesen
Written by Niels Arden Oplev
Steen Bille
Starring
Music by Jakob Groth
Cinematography Lars Vestergaard
Edited by Anne Østerud
Distributed by Nordisk Film
Release dates
  • February 11, 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival)
  • February 22, 2008
Running time
116 minutes
Country Denmark
Language Danish
Box office $4,361,860[1]

Worlds Apart (Original title: To verdener) is a 2008 Danish drama directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Oplev and Steen Bille. The film stars Rosalinde Mynster and Pilou Asbæk. Based upon a true story, the film is about a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness girl who struggles to reconcile her faith and her secret romance with a non-believer boy. Worlds Apart played at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and was submitted by Denmark for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Plot

Sara is a teenager who lives with her family, who are Jehovah's Witnesses. The family's devout image is questioned when the parents divorce as a consequence of the father's infidelity. One night at a party Sara meets Teis, an older boy who takes an interest in her. Teis is not a Witness, and their relationship is rejected by her father, but Sara falls in love and begins to doubt her faith. Facing ostracism from her faith and family, Sara must make the toughest choice of her young life.[2]

Cast

Actor Role
Rosalinde MynsterSara
Pilou AsbækTeis
Jens Jørn SpottagAndreas Dahl
Sarah BobergKaren
Anders W. BerthelsenJohn
Sarah Juel WernerElisabeth
Jacob OttenstenAugust
Thomas Knuth-WinterfeldtJonas
Charlotte FichJette
Hans Henrik VoetmannVagn
Catrine BeckThea
Hans Henrik ClemensenErik

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