The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Bill Nighy
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Caleb Landry Jones, Andrea Riseborough
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Tahar Rahim, Bill Nighy
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Zoe Kazan, Jay Baruchel
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Esben Smed
The Kindness of Strangers
Competition 2019
DNK/CAN/SWE/DEU/FRA 2019
by: Lone Scherfig
Feb 7, 2019Andrea Riseborough
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Feb 7, 2019Tahar Rahim
The actor arriving at the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Zoe Kazan
The actress in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Caleb Landry Jones
The actor signing his Star Portrait in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Film team
In the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Zoe Kazan
The actress with fans at the Red Carpet.
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Feb 7, 2019Caleb Landry Jones
Selfie session at the Red Carpet.
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Feb 7, 2019Anke Engelke, Lone Scherfig, Bill Nighy, Dieter Kosslick
After the world premiere in the Berlinale Palast the team presented the film in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Friedrichstadt-Palast
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Feb 7, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Bill Nighy, Lone Scherfig
The Festival Director, the actor and the director on the stage of the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Lone Scherfig
The director on the stage of the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Zoe Kazan
The actress on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 7, 2019Film team
In front of the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Group photo
The film team at the Photo-Call.
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Feb 7, 2019Lone Scherfig
The director at the Photo Call.
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Feb 7, 2019Caleb Landry Jones, Zoe Kazan
The actors at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Bill Nighy
The actor at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Zoe Kazan
The actress at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Andrea Riseborough
The actress at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Bill Nighy
At the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Caleb Landry Jones
The actor at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Andrea Riseborough
The actress at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Zoe Kazan
The actress in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 7, 2019Lone Scherfig, Monika Grütters, Anke Engelke
The director, the Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the moderator during the Opening Gala.
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Feb 7, 2019Bill Nighy
The actor with fans at the Red Carpet.
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Feb 7, 2019Tahar Rahim
The actor at the Press Conference.
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Feb 7, 2019Andrea Riseborough, Caleb Landry Jones, Tahar Rahim
The actors on their way into the Berlinale VIP Club.
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Feb 10, 2019Malou Bækgaard Jakobsen, Anna Jurzik, Lone Scherfig
The Project Manager is shielding the director.
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Feb 10, 2019Anne Lakeberg, Lone Scherfig
The director during the Q&A at the Kino Union.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – The Kindness of Strangers
Feb 10, 2019Anne Lakeberg, Lone Scherfig
The the Q&A at the neighbourhood cinema Kino Union.
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Feb 7, 2019Andrea Riseborough
Having the right words on the tip of her tongue: the actress is signing the guest book.
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Malene Blenkov (Producer), Caleb Landry Jones (Actor), Zoe Kazan (Actress), Lone Scherfig (Director, Writer), Tahar Rahim (Actor), Bill Nighy (Actor), Andrea Riseborough (Actress)
Moderation: Anatol Weber
Press Conference at full lengthClara arrives in wintry New York with her two sons on the back seat of her car. The journey, which she has disguised as an adventure for her children’s sake, is soon revealed to be an escape from an abusive husband and father. He is a cop, and Clara is desperately trying to elude his attempts to pursue her. The three have little more than their car, and when this is towed away, they are left penniless on the street. But the big cold city shows mercy: in their search for refuge, the family meets a selfless nurse named Alice who arranges beds for them at an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets an ex-con, Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together. With a keen eye for character, Lone Scherfig explores human behaviour in extreme conditions. She depicts the harshness of life in the urban jungle, but she also demonstrates what can grow when strangers approach each other in friendship and with an open heart.
by
Lone Scherfig
Denmark / Canada / Sweden / Germany / France 2019
English
112’ · Colour
World premiere
Zoe Kazan (Clara)Andrea Riseborough (Alice)Tahar Rahim (Marc)Caleb Landry Jones (Jeff)Jay Baruchel (John Peter)Bill Nighy (Timofey)
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1959, she began directing commercials and television films. Her debut feature film, The Birthday Trip, screened in the 1991 Panorama. Her Dogma 95 film, Italian for Beginners, premiered in the Berlinale Competition, won the Silver Bear among other awards, and brought her international renown. After her first English-language film, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, also premiered at the festival, she returned to Berlin in 2009 with An Education. Her adaptation of the bestselling novel One Day became an international blockbuster in 2011.
Filmography1998 On Our Own 2000 Italiensk for begyndere (Italienisch für Anfänger) 2002 Wilbur begår selvmord (Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself) 2007 Just Like Home 2009 An Education 2011 One Day (Zwei an einem Tag) 2014 The Riot Club 2016 Their Finest (Ihre beste Stunde) 2019 The Kindness of Strangers
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Creative Alliancewww.creativealliance.dk
Strada Films
HanWay Filmswww.hanwayfilms.com