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This article is about the Danish film. For the 2008 Israeli film, see Don't Ask Me If I Love § Film. 2008 Danish film

Worlds Apart
Film poster

Danish	To verdener

Directed by	Niels Arden Oplev
Written by	Niels Arden Oplev Steen Bille
Produced by	Thomas Heinesen
Starring	Rosalinde Mynster Pilou Asbæk Jens Jørn Spottag
Cinematography	Lars Vestergaard
Edited by	Anne Østerud
Music by	Jakob Groth
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release dates	11 February 2008 (2008-02-11) (Berlin International Film Festival) 22 February 2008 (2008-02-22)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
Box office	$4,361,860

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.

Plot

Sara is a teenager who lives with her family, who are Jehovah's Witnesses. The family's devout image is questioned when the parents divorce as a consequence of the father's infidelity. One night at a party Sara meets Teis, an older boy who takes an interest in her. Teis is not a Witness, and their relationship is rejected by her father, but Sara falls in love and begins to doubt her faith. Facing ostracism from her faith and family, Sara must make the toughest choice of her young life.

Cast

Rosalinde Mynster as Sara
Pilou Asbæk as Teis
Jens Jørn Spottag as Andreas Dahl
Sarah Boberg as Karen
Anders W. Berthelsen as John
Sarah Juel Werner as Elisabeth
Jacob Ottensten as August
Thomas Knuth-Winterfeldt as Jonas
Charlotte Fich as Jette
Hans Henrik Voetmann as Vagn
Catrine Beck as Thea
Hans Henrik Clemensen as Erik

References

External links

Worlds Apart at IMDb
Worlds Apart at Rotten Tomatoes
To verdener at Den Danske Film Database

v t e Films directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Portland (1996) Chop Chop (2001) We Shall Overcome (2006) Worlds Apart (2008) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Dead Man Down (2013) Speed Walking (2014) Flatliners (2017) Daniel (2019) Rose (2022)

v t e Danish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–2000	Qivitoq - Fjeldgængeren (1956) Be Dear to Me (1957) The Girls Are Willing (1958) Paw (1959) Harry and the Butler (1961) Sekstet (1964) Gertrud (1965) Hunger (1966) Once There Was a War (1967) People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1968) Ballad of Carl-Henning (1969) Ang.: Lone (1970) The Missing Clerk (1971) Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972) The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang (1974) Per (1975) The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976) Boys (1977) Me and Charly (1978) Johnny Larsen (1979) Tree of Knowledge (1982) Zappa (1983) Tukuma (1984) Twist and Shout (1985) The Dark Side of the Moon (1986) Babette's Feast (1987) Pelle the Conqueror (1988) Waltzing Regitze (1989) Dance of the Polar Bears (1990) The Great Day on the Beach (1991) Sofie (1992) Black Harvest (1993) Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994) Hamsun (1996) Barbara (1997) The Celebration (1998) Mifune (1999) A Place Nearby (2000)
2001–present	Italian for Beginners (2001) Open Hearts (2002) Reconstruction (2003) The Five Obstructions (2004) Adam's Apples] (2005) After the Wedding (2006) The Art of Crying (2007) Worlds Apart (2008) Terribly Happy (2009) In a Better World (2010) SuperClásico (2011) A Royal Affair (2012) The Hunt (2013) Sorrow and Joy (2014) A War (2015) Land of Mine (2016) You Disappear (2017) The Guilty (2018) Queen of Hearts (2019) Another Round (2020) Flee (2021) Holy Spider (2022) The Promised Land (2023) The Girl with the Needle (2024)

Danish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1956–2000

Qivitoq - Fjeldgængeren (1956)
Be Dear to Me (1957)
The Girls Are Willing (1958)
Paw (1959)
Harry and the Butler (1961)
Sekstet (1964)
Gertrud (1965)
Hunger (1966)
Once There Was a War (1967)
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1968)
Ballad of Carl-Henning (1969)
Ang.: Lone (1970)
The Missing Clerk (1971)
Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! (1972)
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang (1974)
Per (1975)
The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976)
Boys (1977)
Me and Charly (1978)
Johnny Larsen (1979)
Tree of Knowledge (1982)
Zappa (1983)
Tukuma (1984)
Twist and Shout (1985)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1986)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
Waltzing Regitze (1989)
Dance of the Polar Bears (1990)
The Great Day on the Beach (1991)
Sofie (1992)
Black Harvest (1993)
Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994)
Hamsun (1996)
Barbara (1997)
The Celebration (1998)
Mifune (1999)
A Place Nearby (2000)

2001–present

Italian for Beginners (2001)
Open Hearts (2002)
Reconstruction (2003)
The Five Obstructions (2004)
Adam's Apples] (2005)
After the Wedding (2006)
The Art of Crying (2007)
Worlds Apart (2008)
Terribly Happy (2009)
In a Better World (2010)
SuperClásico (2011)
A Royal Affair (2012)
The Hunt (2013)
Sorrow and Joy (2014)
A War (2015)
Land of Mine (2016)
You Disappear (2017)
The Guilty (2018)
Queen of Hearts (2019)
Another Round (2020)
Flee (2021)
Holy Spider (2022)
The Promised Land (2023)
The Girl with the Needle (2024)

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