Worlds Apart
Film poster
Danish	To verdener
Directed by	Niels Arden Oplev
Written by	Niels Arden Oplev Steen Bille
Produced by	Thomas Heinesen
Starring	Rosalinde Mynster Pilou Asbæk Jens Jørn Spottag
Cinematography	Lars Vestergaard
Edited by	Anne Østerud
Music by	Jakob Groth
Distributed by	Nordisk Film
Release dates	11 February 2008 (2008-02-11) (Berlin International Film Festival) 22 February 2008 (2008-02-22)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
Box office	$4,361,860[1]

Worlds Apart (Danish: To verdener) is a 2008 Danish drama film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Oplev and Steen Bille. The film stars Rosalinde Mynster and Pilou Asbæk. Based upon a true story, the film is about a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness girl who struggles to reconcile her faith and her secret romance with a non-believer boy. Worlds Apart played at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and was submitted by Denmark for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Plot

Sara is a teenager who lives with her family, who are Jehovah's Witnesses. The family's devout image is questioned when the parents divorce as a consequence of the father's infidelity. One night at a party Sara meets Teis, an older boy who takes an interest in her. Teis is not a Witness, and their relationship is rejected by her father, but Sara falls in love and begins to doubt her faith. Facing ostracism from her faith and family, Sara must make the toughest choice of her young life.^[2]

Cast

• Rosalinde Mynster as Sara
• Pilou Asbæk as Teis
• Jens Jørn Spottag as Andreas Dahl
• Sarah Boberg as Karen
• Anders W. Berthelsen as John
• Sarah Juel Werner as Elisabeth
• Jacob Ottensten as August
• Thomas Knuth-Winterfeldt as Jonas
• Charlotte Fich as Jette
• Hans Henrik Voetmann as Vagn
• Catrine Beck as Thea
• Hans Henrik Clemensen as Erik