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In Your Arms

Brussels Film Festival | Competition

While nobody wants to accompany him to Switzerland where assisted suicide is legal, Niels an incurable patient with a nerve disease finds the person that can help him regain his freedom: Maria. Maria 35 years old nursing assistant in a hospital in Copenhagen in search of a more intense life accepts to travel to with him. Two completely opposite characters embark together on an intense journey that will bring them closer to each other but also closer to their dreams. The film is strongly reminiscent of Lars von Trier’s earlier works. In Your Arms, from Samanou Acheche Sahlstrom, has taken the Dragon Award for best Nordic film at this year's Goteborg Film Festival.

Flagey, Brussels Film Festival