- published: 19 Jun 2007
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After the Wedding (Danish: Efter brylluppet) is a 2006 Danish drama directed by Susanne Bier, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film was a critical and popular success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost out to The Lives of Others.
Jacob Petersen manages an Indian orphanage. With a small staff, he works as hard as he can to keep the orphanage afloat, and is personally invested in the young charges - in particular, Pramod, a young boy Jacob has cared for since the boy's birth. The orphanage has been in danger of collapse for eight years and faces bankruptcy. A Danish corporation offers a substantial donation to maintain the orphanage, with the caveat that Jacob return to Denmark (where he grew up) to personally receive the funds. Apparently the CEO, Jørgen Hannson, wishes to meet Jacob.
Pramod is upset when he learns that Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, and is insistent that Jacob return for Pramod's birthday, which is in eight days. Jacob departs for Denmark; once there, he is greeted by a driver and a young man named Christian, and is checked into a luxurious suite at a five-star hotel, paid for by the corporation: quite a contrast from his living conditions in India.
The Wedding may refer to:
Won't you come and take a ride with me
I'll take you to all
Beautiful places that you've never seen
But you always wanted to
We're fighting against the mainstream
Against everything they tell us we should be
We're striving to mold our lives by our dreams
So our dreams can become reality
Won't you come and take a ride with me
I'll take you to all
Beautiful places you've never seen
But you always wanted to
And we'll find our hearts on this lonely stretch of road
And I will be there
We're trying to win our hearts back in a world
Where we just don't know who we are
We're trying to win our hearts in a world where
The others are the ones who wear the crown
So follow your heart and you
Will find it on on your own
And it'll all become clear by the time we make it home
And we'll always remember
These talks that we've had
And I will be there