Love Is All You Need

Film Info

Denmark 2012 | 116 min. Director: Susanne Bier

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Love Is All You Need

Synopsis

Philip, an Englishman living in Denmark, is a lonely, middle-aged widower and estranged single father. Ida is a Danish hairdresser, recuperating from chemo therapy, who’s just been left by her husband for a younger woman, Tilde. The fates of these two bruised souls are about to intertwine as they embark for Italy to attend the wedding of Patrick and Astrid, Philip’s son and Ida’s daughter.

Cast & Crew

Director

Susanne Bier
Producer

Pernille Bech Christensen, Vibeke Windeløv
Screenwriter

Anders Thomas Jensen, Pernille Bech Christensen
Director of photography

Morten Søborg
Main Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind, Paprika Steen, Kim Bodnia, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller
Editor (Cut)

Pernille Bech Christensen, Morten Egholm
Sound

Eddie Simonsen, Anne Jensen
Original Score

Johan Söderqvist
Production Design

Peter Grant
Costume Design

Signe Sejlund

Director's comment

I wanted to make a film about vulnerable people; about the things in life we’d rather suppress but, if depicted with humour, might lift our spirits. In Ida and Philip we found main characters whose vulnerability carried both the weight of the subject matter and the lightness of a humorous touch. We transported them to the most romantic place imaginable, alongside a host of comedic characters. We used humour and romance as means, not of softening their hardship, but of demarcating it more clearly, to allow the contrasting universes to emphasize each other. That way we could portray each of our characters, in all their fortune and misfortune, with the precision and tenderness they deserve.