The Movies of Susanne Bier: a Cohesive Discourse

This book analyses the various narrative material found in five of the films Susanne Bier directed between 1999 and 2007, four of them belonging to her ‘Danish’ period, the fifth one being her first American feature.

The first part deals with the narratives attached to the structure, the characters, the contextual elements, and the themes of each movie. It reveals the coherency and consistency marking this director’s work during this 10-year period.
All five films stage a disruptive event tha...