Eight years after the Danish filmmaking collective Dogme95 issued their notorious "Vows of Chastity" extolling filmmakers to free their work of artificiality through a series of stringent prohibitions, Danish director Susanne Bier and writer Anders Thomas Jensen deliver a powerful drama that finally seems more about effective filmmaking than the Dogme manifesto. Cecilie (Sonja Richter) and her boyfriend, Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), were about to be married when a terrible accident abruptly changed the course of their lives forever. Stepping out of Cecilie's car onto a busy street, Joachim was struck down by a passing car driven by Marie (Paprika Steen), the wife of a...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
114 mins