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23-479: Feature films, documentaries and short films from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden are presented at this five-day event every year at the beginning of November. In addition, there is an extensive children's and youth film programme and a retrospective devoted to important eras, specific genres or famous persons of film history. Accompanying the film programme are seminars, discussions and roundtable talks. The Nordic Film Days Lübeck

46-649: A daughter from a previous relationship. Director Director of photography Miniseries TV movies TV series Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Director of the Year Night Train to Lisbon (film) Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons . Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and written by Greg Latter and Ulrich Herrmann,

69-476: A gentle sort of way. Yet he informs the school that he will now return to his job. Mariana accompanies him to the railway station and, at the last moment, suggests that he could instead stay in Lisbon. The film ends with Raimund looking at Mariana with the train about to pull out of the station, leaving Raimund with time to leave or stay. The Hollywood Reporter ' s David Rooney wrote: Bille August's direction

92-631: A total of eight children with five different women. He was first married to Annie Munksgård Lauritzen; they had a son Anders Frithiof August . His second wife was Masja Dessau with whom he had a son; both sons have become screenwriters . His third marriage to Swedish actress Pernilla August was from 1991 to 1997. Together they had two daughters, including Alba Adèle August ; he also became the stepfather of her daughter from her first marriage to Swedish novelist and screenwriter Klas Östergren . In 2012, he married his fourth wife, actress Sara-Marie Maltha after 10 years together; they have three children. He has

115-610: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bille August Bille August RD (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or , Academy Award and Golden Globe Award . He is one of only ten directors to win the Palme d'Or twice, winning the award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions , based on

138-1081: Is also a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog . August was born on 9 November 1948, in Brede, Denmark . After attending local schools, he graduated from the Foto- och Dokumentärskolan in Stockholm, Sweden , and later from the National Film School of Denmark . He began his career as a cinematographer. He made his feature directorial debut in 1978 with In My Life , which won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film . He collaborated twice with then wife Pernilla August under George Lucas on The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in The Perils of Cupid and Tales of Innocence. Pernilla would later star in

161-571: Is both an audience festival and an important meeting place for the film industry in Germany and northern Europe. Many directors whose debut works were presented in Lübeck have gone on to earn fame around the world - such as Bille August , Lasse Hallström , Aki Kaurismäki or Fridrik Thór Fridriksson . The Nordic Film Days Lübeck is put on by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in cooperation with

184-428: Is hostile. As Raimund is leaving, the maid informs him that he can find Amadeu in the town's cemetery. Raimund finds the tomb: Amadeu had died in 1974. In the street, a cyclist runs into Raimund and smashes his glasses. While obtaining new glasses from a local optician, Mariana, Raimund narrates his experiences. When he returns to collect the glasses, Mariana tells Raimund that her uncle had known Amadeu de Prado well and

207-420: The address of the bookstore where he happens to be a regular customer and he goes there. The bookseller remembers the girl's purchasing this obscure book and, as Raimund leafs through it, a train ticket to Lisbon falls out. The train is leaving in 15 minutes. Confused and doubtful, Raimund rushes to the station, but the woman is nowhere in sight. At the last moment he decides to use the ticket himself and jumps on

230-473: The autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman . His filmography includes The House of the Spirits , based on the novel by Isabel Allende ; Smilla's Sense of Snow ; Les Misérables ; Night Train to Lisbon , Silent Heart , The Chinese Widow and A Fortunate Man . He has received five Robert Awards (including Best Film and Best Director ) and three Bodil Awards for Best Danish Film . He

253-566: The city. His film Night Train to Lisbon (2013) premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . He had planned to direct a Gianni Versace biopic with Antonio Banderas as Versace, but this project was cancelled. In August 2021, it was announced that August would direct a feature film adaptation of Karen Blixen 's novel Ehrengard , which is being produced by Netflix and SF Studios . August has been married four times and has

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276-577: The film institutes and foundations of Scandinavia as well as the corresponding film institutions in the Baltic countries. Patrons of the festival are the ambassadors of the Nordic countries in Germany. Honorary President is the Norwegian actress and film director Liv Ullmann. Media partner is the television and radio broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). This article about a European film festival

299-521: The film is about a Swiss teacher who saves the life of a woman and then abandons his teaching career and reserved life. The film premiered out of competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . Walking over a bridge on the way to his school in Bern , Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of philosophy, notices a young woman in a red coat standing on the railing, about to leap. Dropping his briefcase, he runs and pulls her down. She helps him gather

322-609: The first two films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and appeared in an episode of The Clone Wars television series to reprise her role from the films. After decades of writing, directing and producing notable films in Denmark, on 23 September 2011, Bille August announced that he had opened a studio in Hangzhou , China and taken a position as Tianpeng Media's Art Director, in order to produce Chinese films for Tianpeng Media over

345-531: The lobby of his hotel in Lisbon. She came to thank Raimund for saving her life. She tells him that she had felt suicidal because she had just learned from the book that her beloved grandfather was the Butcher of Lisbon, but she is learning to accept this. Raimund had brought with him the red coat she was wearing that day in Bern and he gives it back to her. The events have become a catalyst to Raimund's sedate life, in

368-518: The next few years. Tianpeng Media is a new media company established in 2010. The company produced two films, The Women Knight of Mirror (竞雄女侠秋瑾) and The Years of Qi Xiao Fu (七小福之燃情岁月), to be released later in 2011. He is the first foreign director to be hired by the Chinese film company. In 2011, August also accepted the invitation from the Hangzhou government to serve as a "culture consultant" for

391-402: The papers that have spilled from his briefcase and accompanies him to the school where he teaches. But instead of waiting to talk, she leaves during the middle of his class, without her coat. Concerned, Raimund grabs the coat and runs after her, but in vain. He checks her pockets for identification. All he finds is a small Portuguese book, a memoir of sorts, by Amadeu de Prado. It is stamped with

414-436: The school although he was from a working-class family. The boys bonded through their love for knowledge, particularly the philosophical and political knowledge not permitted under Salazar. Amadeu gave a graduation speech that reflected his contempt for the regime, causing many of the families in the audience to walk out, much to the chagrin of his father, a well respected judge. Raimund returns to Adriana and asks for her side of

437-442: The story, and then he revisits João to obtain more information. Raimund learns that Amadeu died of an aneurysm , which he knew he had, but had not told Adriana about. As a doctor, Amadeu never refused a patient, and when Mendes, a powerful member of Salazar's political police, called "the Butcher of Lisbon", was brought to Amadeu's clinic, he saved the man's life. Amadeu's friends were shocked by this, especially Jorge, who at that time

460-467: The train. During the journey he reads the book. Amadeu de Prado lived in Lisbon, so Raimund searches for him, hoping that this will lead to the woman. He finds Amadeu's home, where the writer's sister, Adriana, welcomes Raimund; she gives him the impression her brother still lives there. Raimund learns that Amadeu was a doctor, and that only 100 copies of his book were printed after his death. When Raimund asks what happened to their father, Adriana's reaction

483-419: Was already in the resistance. Later, Amadeu confronted Jorge and declared that he too would join the resistance. Jorge introduced Amadeu to João and to his girlfriend Estefânia, a beautiful woman with a photographic memory who helped the resistance by memorizing people's names and contact information. But Amadeu and Estefânia were instantly attracted to each other. Jorge discovered that Estefânia loved Amadeu and

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506-508: Was crushed by her betrayal. When the revolution against Salazar began, Amadeu fled to Spain with Estefânia but she refused his offer to start a new life together in Brazil. Raimund learned where she went to live and went there to find out if she was still alive. They talk and Raimund tells Estefânia that Amadeu's death had nothing to do with her leaving Amadeu. The suicidal woman from the bridge in Bern has tracked Raimund down and waits for him in

529-582: Was willing to talk to Raimund. Raimund and Mariana both go to the nursing home where her uncle João Eça resides, and Raimund learns João and Amadeu were both in the resistance against the Salazar dictatorship . The story of their part in the resistance is told in flashbacks as the film continues. Raimund then visits the priest who had taught and later buried Amadeu de Prado. The priest explains that Amadeu, an exceptionally smart young boy from an aristocratic background, befriended Jorge O'Kelly, another bright boy in

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