丹麦影片：分离的世界 Worlds Apart/To verdener

【影片名称】： 分离的世界 Worlds Apart (To verdener)
【导    演】：尼尔斯·阿登·欧普勒夫  Niels Arden Oplev
【编    剧】： Steen Bille  Niels Arden Oplev
【国家地区】： 丹麦
【类    型】：剧情
【片    长】： 108 min
【对白语言】： 丹麦语
【发行公司】： Nordisk Film Distribution
【更多中名】： 拆散的世界  两个世界

    这是一部关于宗教信仰与爱情价值观的情感剧情片。影片讲述了一个基督教徒的女儿在爱上了一个男人之后，不知道该选择叛依宗教还是勇敢地选择爱情，在她的精神层面出现了“分离的世界”。在经过一系列的矛盾风波之后，她最终决定听从自己的本能。

    Sara and her family proudly belong to Jehovah's Witnesses. In the local community they go from door to door and preach on Judgment Day and eternal salvation for Jehovah's chosen ones. But when Sara falls in love with Teis, she is confronted with her most difficult choice in life. Teis is not a Witness, yet their love grows through stolen, secret meetings. Sara is torn between her conscience, faith and passion; forced to make a choice between her love and her family that are worlds apart.

本片导演尼尔斯·阿登·欧普勒夫是丹麦中生代知名导演之一，06年拍摄的《我们将征服它》摘取了柏林电影节最佳剧情电影的水晶熊奖。尼尔斯·阿登·欧普勒夫多年来始终穿梭于电视和电影之间，本片是他1992年踏入导演行当以来拍摄的第五部剧情片，在丹麦本土获得了佳评。

    Niels Arden Oplev graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1989 when his film KYNDELMISSE and his documentary HUGO FRA HIMMERLAND provided him with an impressive debut. For DR/Danish Broadcasting Corp, Niels Arden Oplev directed the drama documentary DEN SOVENDE (1990) and the short fiction films TUSMØRKE (1990) and NØGEN (1992), the documentary RITUALER, ENERUM (1992), and the television film EN SUCCES (1993).

    Oplev directed nine episodes of the Channel One (DR) series Taxa/Taxi. His work for television continued with the 2002 International Emmy Award winner Rejseholdet/Unit One (2000-2003), as he developed the visual concept for the series, cast the recurrent roles and directed the first three episodes.  After doing the same work for Forsvar/Defense (2003-04 – TV2/Danmark), he continued the conceptual work as the director of Ørnen/The Eagle (2003-2006), which also won the International Emmy Award in 2005.

    His feature debut PORTLAND (1996) was the first and most controversial film in the “new wave” of Danish films from the mid nineties. The film, portraying a violent underground in the northern and rural part of Denmark, was selected for competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (1996). Niels Arden Oplev then made the black comedy FUKSSVANSEN/CHOP CHOP (2001), which won 3 Danish Film Awards.

    His third feature, WE SHALL OVERCOME (Drømmen) was the highest grossing Danish film in 2006 and it won 30 international awards, including the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.  Oplev went on to direct WORLDS APART (To Verdener) in 2008, a box office hit in Denmark. It was an official selection at the Berlin Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and AFI Film Festival and won the SIGNIS prize at the Festroia International Film Festival in Portugal.

    THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Mænd der hader kvinder), based on the book by the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, is Oplev’s fifth feature film. It has been a huge success in Europe, having been well received by critics and audiences alike. The film is the most successful Scandinavian film in history.