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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Susanne Bier’s Civilization

Pairing with one of the better writers in the business, while she awaits further ops in the U.S., Biers – a master in the dramatic field will instead turn to her native Denmark and a backdrop that further expands the crushing blows found in her narratives.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 10, 2010

#94. Civilization

Director: Susanne Biers
Writer(s): Anders Thomas Jensen and Biers
Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen (After the Wedding)
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: Scripted by Biers and Anders Thomas Jensen, this takes place in Sudan’s refugee camps and in a little Danish provincial town. Two Danish families cross paths and an unusual and dangerous friendship develops.….(more)

Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Mikael Persbrandt and Trine Dyrholm.

Why is it on the list?: Pairing with one of the better writers in the business, while she awaits further ops in the U.S., Biers – a master in the dramatic field will instead turn to her native Denmark and a backdrop that further expands the crushing blows found in her narratives.

Release Date/Status?: A major film festival showing – TIFF seems like the most logical.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).