The Big Day

The Big Day

The Big Day

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The Big Day

2005

1h 34m

4.6(8 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Anne has started a wedding planning biz with happily flaming designer Lars and grumpy accountant Jesper. Hoping to make a big public splash, they land upcoming event that will marry TV chat hosts Anders and Signe. Instant attraction between Anne and Anders is complicated even further by her planned nuptials with boring b.f. Simon.

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Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Louise Mieritz

Louise Mieritz

Anne

Christian Tafdrup

Christian Tafdrup

Lars

Henrik Prip

Henrik Prip

Jesper

Trine Dyrholm

Trine Dyrholm

Signe

Frank Thiel

Frank Thiel

Steen

Nikolaj Steen

Nikolaj Steen

Anders

Martin Brygmann

Martin Brygmann

Simon

Kristian Ibler

Kristian Ibler

Klaus

Lærke Winther

Lærke Winther

Bettina

Danny Thykær

Danny Thykær

Javier

Creative team

Directed by: Morten Arnfred
Written by: Ina Bruhn

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