The founder of a Bombay orphanage attends a stranger's wedding in Copenhagen and discovers that he's the father of the bride, in Danish director Susanne Bier's twisty, Academy Award-nominated melodrama.
Two decades ago, Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) founded an orphanage in Bombay, but now its director warns that without a rapid infusion of cash, their young charges will be back on Bombay's mean streets. Jacob reluctantly goes to Copenhagen to meet with self-made billionaire Jorgen Hansson (Rolf Lassgard), who's thinking about underwriting a charitable institution like Jacob's. Cynical about Jorgen's sudden philanthropic urges, Jacob's suspicions that the trip is a...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
119 mins