| Worlds Apart | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Danish | To verdener |
| Directed by | Niels Arden Oplev |
| Written by | Niels Arden Oplev Steen Bille |
| Produced by | Thomas Heinesen |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lars Vestergaard |
| Edited by | Anne Østerud |
| Music by | Jakob Groth |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Box office | $4,361,860[1] |
Worlds Apart (Danish:To verdener) is a 2008 Danish drama film directed byNiels Arden Oplev and written by Oplev and Steen Bille. The film stars Rosalinde Mynster andPilou Asbæk. Based upon a true story, the film is about a 17-year-oldJehovah's Witness girl who struggles to reconcile her faith and her secret romance with a non-believer boy.Worlds Apart played at the 2008Berlin International Film Festival and was submitted by Denmark for the 2009Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Sara is a teenager who lives with her family, who areJehovah's Witnesses. The family's devout image is questioned when the parents divorce as a consequence of the father's infidelity. One night at a party Sara meets Teis, an older boy who takes an interest in her. Teis is not a Witness, and their relationship is rejected by her father, but Sara falls in love and begins to doubt her faith. Facingostracism from her faith and family, Sara must make the toughest choice of her young life.[2]
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