Silent Heart

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface. Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning director Bille August uses a keen eye and a gentle touch to steer this loving, witty, fragile family through their bittersweet reunion.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Christian Torpe
Cinematography: Dirk Bruel
Editing: Anne Osterud, Janus Billeskov Jansen
Sound: Niels Arild
Music: Annette Focks
Actors: Ghita Norby, Paprika Steen, Danica Curcic, Morten Grunwald, Pilou Asb?k, Jens Albinus, Vigga Bro, Oskar S?lan Halskov
Production: SF Film Production, Denmark morthorst@sffilmproduction.dk www.sf-filmproduction.dk
Producers: Jesper Morthorst
Production Design: Jette Lehmann
Format: DCP Color
Production Country: Denmark
Production Year: 2014
Duration: 98
Contact: LevelK, Denmark T.+45 4844 3072 tine.klint@levelk.dk www.levelk.dk
Awards
“Silver Seashell” for Best Actress - San Sebastian IFF 2014
 

Bille August

Born in Denmark 1948, his film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He is one of only six directors to win the Palme d’Or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions, based on an autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was trained as a cinematographer and photographer in Stockholm before attending the National Film School of Denmark, where he graduated in cinematography in 1973. Apart from his numerous film awards, he has been honored for his work as a film director with both the Danish and the Swedish Royal Order of Chivalry and the French order Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres.

Filmography

(selected)
1987 Pelle the Conqueror
1992 Den goda viljan/The Best Intentions
1993 The House of the Spirits
1996 Jerusalem
1997 Smilla’s Sense of Snow
2001 A Song for Martin
2007 Goodbye Bafana
2013 Night Train to Lisbon
2014 Stille hjerte/Silent Heart