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In Your Hands
2004
The recent theology graduate Anna , is married to Frank, with whom she has been trying to have a baby for many years. Anna is offered a substitute job as a priest in a prison. In the women's ward, she meets Kate , a woman who, according to some of the other inmates, possesses supernatural abilities. Anna discovers that she is .. Read more
| Starring | Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Jens Albinus, Nicolaj Kopernikus |
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| Director | Annette K. Olesen |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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In Your Hands
The recent theology graduate Anna , is married to Frank, with whom she has been trying to have a baby for many years. Anna is offered a substitute job as a priest in a prison. In the women's ward, she meets Kate , a woman who, according to some of the other inmates, possesses supernatural abilities. Anna discovers that she is pregnant and it is revealed that Kate carries a secret that has fatal consequences for them both
| Starring | Ann Eleonora Jorgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Jens Albinus, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Sonja Richter, Lars Ranthe, Sarah Kjaergaard Boberg |
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| Director | Annette K. Olesen |
| Studio | METRODOME DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Watch now: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | Danish |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 04 Jul 2005 Watch now: 05 Jun 2009 Production year: 2004 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
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Newly graduated from seminary, Anna (Ann Eleonora Jorgensen) is assigned to a womens prison about the same time... read more on Time Out
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Blazingly emotional...tremendously performed...technically brilliant
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33 out of 38 people found this review helpful
Dogme not dead
Dogme is now officially dead, with its most famous proponents having moved on to new challenges, but some films are still being released under its banner, and In Your Hands (Dogme 34) is one of them.
In Your Hands is a serious and thought-provoking film looking at faith, love, motherhood and the roles of women. It sets up the two heroines as opposites ? Anna, the holy, dark-haired spiritual advisor, isolated by the dark robes and Elizabethan ruff of her office; Kate, the sinner, blonde, always in cream and white, with no official status, the lowest of the low, and yet with more natural authority than Anna, with all her intellectual understanding, can imagine. We see how awkwardly Anna moves to comfort Marion, while Kate touches people much more naturally, despite her reserve, and also offers practical assistance when Marion needs help. But Anna is happy enough in her role, growing into it gradually, reaching out to the prisoners one by one, until the unthinkable happens and she finds out that she is pregnant.
God?s cruellest joke, it seems, is to give her a baby with one hand and take it away with the other, and in the meantime she is forced to work with whores and junkies who have children as easily and carelessly as a cat has kittens. Her husband, Frank, up till then a source of strength and support, falls apart under the pressure, only wanting to know what most couples do in the circumstances, but not willing to talk to Anna. Life isn?t fair, and Anna collapses under the strain. Desperation drives her to actions with disastrous consequences for all.
Adhering to the Dogme manifesto of natural lighting and no incidental music, the film has an almost documentary feel enhanced by the wonderfully natural performances, horrid clothes and lack of make-up. Highly recommended. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Dogme film making at its best
Brilliant film about faith and miracles - the intellectual v intuitive understanding. The usual Dogme techniques are all there - hand held camera, natural lighting, naturalistic performances, etc - all of which combine to focus the viewer onto the character and dialogue, and also provides a neat counterbalance for the supernatural aspects of the story. Although set in a female prison it avoids the usual 'Prisoner Cell Block H' kitsch with a powerful and intense moral drama. Great ensemble performances also. Reminded me - in its themes - of the grandfather of all Dogme films 'Breaking the Waves'- although without the overt showmanship. This is reportedly the final Dogme film - if this is true it will be a huge loss.
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The recent theology graduate Anna , is married to Frank, with whom she has been trying to have a baby for many years. Anna is offered a substitute job as a priest in a prison. In the women's ward, ... -