BEFORE IT ENDS (NÅR BEFRIELSEN KOMMER) Denmark Caloundra Sun 10am
Sun, 20 Oct
|Caloundra
Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Anders Walter, this film, set in the dying weeks of WW2, tells the story of a Danish family compelled to help a group of German civilian refugees, many of them children and were treated as traitors for their humanity. "Even handed and sensitive."
Time & Location
20 Oct 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Caloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
About the Event
BEFORE IT ENDS film trailer HERE
M. 90 Min. Stars Pilou Asbaek, Lasse Peter Larsen (outsanding as Soren) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal
One of the major features of this film is the child's eye perspective given to the character Soren (a stand out Lasse Peter Larsen) who's Father and Mother are placed in a very difficult position when the school they run in Denmark is turned into a camp for 500 German refugees.
His father Jakob, (Pilou Asbæk- Game of Thornes) and his wife Lis (Katrine Greis-Rosenthal) at first give little apart from the mandatory assitance to the refugees and Soren sides with the Danish resistance's firm anti-German policy but as sickness admist the refugess, their views change. Especially when young children start to die.
Set in the final unforgiving months of WWII, this moving and intelligent drama explores the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of war.
Inspired by true events, it depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark - the handling of 250,000 German civil refugees who came to Denmark in the spring of 1945.
Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Anders Walter, BEFORE IT ENDS is a rewarding drama that delves into complex moral dilemmas through a family under pressure, exploring the limits of charity under pressure.
“What an even-handed, sensitive treatment of a difficult episode in Danish history this is” The Guardian
" An intelligent and attractive film, endowed with extreme honesty and a lot of courage." IMDB
OFFICIAL SELECTION Göteborg Film Festival 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION Seattle International Film Festival
WINNER Best Nordic Film Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE (x5) including - Audience Award, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Danish Film Awards 2024