SORROW AND JOY
by Nils Malmros
synopsis
Winter, 1984 The film director Johannes returns home from a lecture only to face a catastrophe. His wife Signe has killed their 9-month-old daughter Maria. It is unbearable and incomprehensible that a beautiful, loving schoolteacher kills her own child. Johannes is forced to stay composed and - even more - try to protect Signe against a legal system, which may pass a heavy sentence on her. Johannes knows that Signe is vulnerable. He has seen her dark sides and fears that a possible indeterminate imprisonment sentence will put her in a hopeless situation. He will do anything to give Signe her life back. He believes that it happened through no fault of her own. If anyone is guilty, it is he himself and his focus on his film career. A series of flashbacks linked with conversations between Johannes and a psychiatrist may give us the key to understanding the tragedy...
international title: | Sorrow and Joy |
original title: | Sorg og glæde |
country: | Denmark |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nils Malmros |
cast: | Jakob Cedergren, Helle Fagralid, Nicolas Bro, Helle Hertz, Niels Weyde, Mads Hammer Larsen, Anders Brink Madsen, Esben Smed |
cinematography by: | Jan Weincke |
film editing: | Birger Møller Jensen |
art director: | Susanne Buhl |
costumes designer: | Anne-Dorte Fischer |
producer: | Thomas Heinesen |
co-producer: | Stefan Frost, Henrik Underbjerg |
production: | Nordisk Film Production A/S, TV2 Denmark, Radiator Film |
backing: | Danish Film Institute |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution |