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In a Better World
Young Christian moves back to Denmark after the tragic loss of his mother to cancer. Living with his grieving and withdrawn father, Christian refuses the usual pleasures of a boy his age. At his new school, he sees another boy, Elias, being bullied. Elias's own father, Anton, is a doctor who is away working on a humanitarian mission in a war-torn African nation. Weary of Anton's frequent absences, Elias's mother Marianne, has initiated divorce proceedings. Christian and Elias gravitate toward each other, finding an affinity in their shared feelings of betrayal and abandonment, and begin to strike out in disturbing, increasingly violent ways. Susanne Bier, like her American contemporary Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), explores masculine issues with a nuanced appreciation for the dilemmas inherent in men's instinct to fight, at odds with their dreams of civilized society The heart of this unforgettable film lies in the scene in which the visiting Anton is being bullied, in front of Elias and Christian, by an auto repair mechanic, refusing to defend or avenge himself from him. Bier's 11th feature and fourth collaboration with the writer Andres Thomas Jensen is her most powerful work yet. - Jaie Laplante
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LocationHannah Community Center (View)
819 Abbott Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48823
United States
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