Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

Produced by Nordisk Film Denmark

2008116 min6.2 / 10

A tender coming-of-age drama about a young woman torn between her insular religious upbringing and the pull of first love, grounded in genuine emotional stakes.

17-year-old Sara leads a sheltered existence with her family, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, when she meets the outsider Teis and falls in love. Sara, herself a believer, now faces an important turning point in her life as she is forced to choose between religion and love.

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