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''Sorrow and Joy'' () is a 2013 Danish
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Nils Malmros Nils Malmros (born 1944), a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema.Nissen, Dan, ''Malmros, Nils'', International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Gale Group, (2001) retrieved 2 Augus ...
. The autobiographical film recounts the tragic event in which Malmros' wife, suffering from
bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder (BD), previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of Depression (mood), depression and periods of abnormally elevated Mood (psychology), mood that each last from days to weeks, and in ...
, killed their infant daughter with a knife. It was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
87th Academy Awards The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30  ...
, but was not nominated.


Cast

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Jakob Cedergren Jakob Cedergren (born 10 January 1973) is a Swedish-born Danish actor. Biography He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1998. He starred in the film ''Dark Horse'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section a ...
as Johannes * Helle Fagralid as Signe *
Ida Dwinger Ida Dwinger (born 6 March 1957) is a Danish actress. She graduated from Odense Theater School in 1984. Filmography Movies * '' Open Hearts'' aka Dogme #28 (2002) * '' Facing the Truth'' (2002) * '' Reconstruction'' (2003) * ''Princess'' ( ...
as Else *
Kristian Halken Kristian Halken (born 3 April 1955) is a Danish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1981. Selected filmography References External links * {{Denmark-actor-stub 1955 births Living people People from Horsens Danish ...
as Laurits * Nicolas Bro as Birkemose * Helle Hertz as Johannes' mother * Niels Weyde as Johannes' father *
Søren Pilmark Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author. Søren Pilmark er sammen med hans kone Susanne ambassadør foSOS Børnebyerne Career Theater ...
as Lawyer


See also

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List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of a number of countries to submit their best film for the Academy Aw ...
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List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...


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* 2013 films 2013 drama films Danish drama films Films directed by Nils Malmros 2010s Danish-language films {{2010s-Denmark-film-stub