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After the Wedding

2006 · Movie · 124 min · ★ 7.1 · 83% critics

Drama

A Danish man running an underfunded orphanage in India travels to Copenhagen to secure a crucial donation from a wealthy benefactor. What begins as a simple business trip turns into an emotionally charged reunion, forcing him to face long-buried connections and difficult choices about responsibility, loyalty, and what family really means.

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Details
Original title
Efter brylluppet
Years
2006
Release date
2006-02-24
Language
Danish
Runtime
124 min
Critic score
83/100
TMDB rating
7.1/10 (485 votes)
About

If you like intense, character-driven dramas about family ties, moral pressure, and class contrasts, this delivers big feelings and tough conversations; Not for you if you dislike melodrama, slow builds, or heavy emotional themes like Open Hearts.

Pros: powerful emotional pull; gripping family drama; strong performances | Cons: occasionally soap-opera feel; pacing runs long; some plot choices divisive

Themes

  • daughter
  • copenhagen, denmark
  • marriage crisis
  • orphanage
  • wealth
  • wedding
  • india
  • family
  • woman director
  • fear of dying

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2007 · nominated
  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2007 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Director · 2006 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Actor · 2006 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Susanne Bier