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Worlds Apart (2008)

Worlds Apart poster
Original title
To verdener
Directed by
Niels Arden Oplev
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
15+
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 17 year old girl is a Jehovah's Witness. She falls in love with a boy who is not part of her religion. She must decide between her faith and her relationship.

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What happens

Worlds Apart (Danish: To verdener) is a 2008 Danish drama film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Oplev and Steen Bille. The film stars Rosalinde Mynster and Pilou Asbæk. Based upon a true story, the film is about a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness girl who struggles to reconcile her faith and her secret romance with a non-believer boy. Worlds Apart played at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and was submitted by Denmark for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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