Katrine has just given birth to a beautiful little girl. But motherhood isn't as blissful as Katrine imagined it to be. She can't really connect emotionally with her baby, her body hurts and she feels weird. When her boyfriend Andreas has to go away for work, the new role as stay-at-home-mom makes her feel uneasy and isolated. Katrine therefore sees her new situation as an opportunity to reconnect with her own mother, whom she hasn't seen for years. Her mother comes to see Katrine and the baby. The two women try to reach out and be good mothers, and meanwhile Katrine desperately searches for her own place in a world that seems slowly to be coming apart.
| Original title | Velsignelsen |
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| Danish title | Velsignelsen |
| Director | Heidi Maria Faisst |
| Screenplay | Heidi Maria Faisst |
| Producer | Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, Nanna Mailand-Mercado |
| Director of Photography | Manuel Alberto Claro |
| Editor | Cathrine Ambus |
| Sound | Morten Groth Brandt, Morten Wille |
| Composer | Flemming Nordkrog |
| Production designer | Charlotte Bech |
| Casting | Djamila Hansen |
| Appearance | Lærke Winther Andersen, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Mads Riisom, Madeline Bratt Solis |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | 2,35:1 Scope, Dolby, SRD |
| Danish theatrical release | 24.04.2009 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Metropol (Århus) samt 13 enkeltvisninger i provinsen i løbet af april og maj |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Production company | Zentropa |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Heidi Maria Faisst |
| Assistant director | Rasmus Rise Michaelsen |
| Casting | Djamila Hansen |
| Casting: children | Jette Termann |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Heidi Maria Faisst |
| Script consultant | Maya Ilsøe |
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Production |
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| Producer | Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen |
| Producer | Nanna Mailand-Mercado |
| Executive producer | Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Executive producer | Peter Garde |
| Production manager | Sanne Glæsel |
| Location scout | Rasmus Rise Michaelsen |
| Producer's assistant | Katrine A. Sahlstrøm |
| Producer's assistant | Katja Adomeit |
| Producer's assistant | Eva Jakobsen |
| Financial producer | Ole Wendorff-Østergaard |
| Runner | Kasper Dahl Verner |
| Runner | Anita Hermansen |
| Runner | Mikkel Søndergård |
| Production coordinator | Morten Arnoldus |
| Legal coordinator | Anders Kjærhauge |
| Legal coordinator | Mikkel Maltha |
| Production coordinator | Nikoline Riget |
| Lab coordinator | Charlotte Sommer |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Manuel Alberto Claro |
| First assistant camera | Linda Laage S. Olsen |
| Clapper/loader | Lars Krogsgaard |
| Film recording | Henning Lind Eriksen |
| Coordinator | Helen Juhl |
| Coordinator | Charlotte Sommer |
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Electrical dept. |
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| Gaffer | Jacob Østergaard |
| Best boy | Jens Lund Larsen |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Cathrine Ambus |
| Assistant editor | Julie Abrahamson |
| Assistant editor | Daniel de Vue |
| Editing coordinator | Helen Juhl |
| Editing coordinator | Charlotte Sommer |
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Music |
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| Composer | Flemming Nordkrog |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Charlotte Bech |
| Property master | Thomas Bremer |
| Assistant set dresser | Maria Martine Jensen |
| Puppet builder | Morten Jacobsen |
| Puppet builder | Thomas Foldberg |
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Wardrobe |
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| Costume designer | Signe Sejlund |
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Makeup |
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| Chief makeup artist | Charlotte Laustsen |
| Makeup supervisor | Anne Cathrine Sauerberg |
| Makeup artist: add. shooting | Dorte Jacobsen |
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Sound |
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| Sound engineer | Morten Groth Brandt |
| Sound engineer | Morten Wille |
| B-sound designer | Morten Bak Jensen |
| B-sound designer: post-production | Asser Borgen |
| Foley artist | Martin Langenbach |
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Special effects |
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| SFX | Rasmus Lange |
| Puppets and special effect makeup | Thomas Foldberg |
| Puppets and special effect makeup | Morten Jacobsen |
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Visual effects |
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| Grading | Ian Bach |
| VFX coordinator | Rasmus Lange |
| Title design | Kasper Söderlund |
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Appearance |
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| Katrine | Lærke Winther Andersen |
| Lise | Solbjørg Højfeldt |
| Andreas | Mads Riisom |
| Rosa | Madeline Bratt Solis |
| Nyfødte Rosa | Tristan Vridstoft |
| Vibe | Tina Gylling Mortensen |
| Læge Marianne | Benedikte Hansen |
| Andreas' far | Henrik Larsen |
| Andreas' mor | Helle Merete Sørensen |
| Andreas' kollega Kim | Peter Plaugborg |
| Kims kone Anne | Nanna Bøttcher |
| Kims datter Stine | Astrid Zenth |
| Jordemoder | Helene Nette Svahn Bovin |
| Sygeplejerske under fødsel | Andrea Sofie Frederiksen |
| Sygeplejerske under fødsel | Astrid Reinhardt |
| Sygeplejerske | Gry Guldager Jensen |
| Sygeplejerske | Tilde Maja Frederiksen |
| Sygeplejerske | Susan A. Olsen |
| Læge Dorthe | Vibeke Hastrup |
| Buschauffør | Henrik Birch |
| Ung mand på café | Nicklas Søderberg Lundstrøm |
| Mand på café | Jacob Østergaard |
| Mand på café | Jens Lund-Andersen |
| Buspassager | Annie Jensen |
| Buspassager | Mette Cornelius-Knudsen |
| Buspassager | Sysset Beyer |
| Buspassager | Gretha Faisst |
| Buspassager | Djamila Hansen |
| Mand med hund | Per Scheel-Krüger |
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Reviews and articles
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| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Interview | Kristeligt Dagblad | Dorte Washuus | 2009-08-14 |
| Artikel | Berlingske Tidende | krl | 2009-08-14 |
| Anmeldelse | Berlingske Tidende | Ann Lind Andersen | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Ekstra Bladet | Henrik Queitsch | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Ekstra Bladet | Henrik Queitsch | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Kristeligt Dagblad | Katrine Barslev | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Metroexpress | Henrik Oestergaard | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten | Katrine Sommer Boysen | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Kim Skotte | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Kim Skotte | 2009-04-24 |
| Anmeldelse | Weekendavisen | Bo Green Jensen | 2009-04-24 |
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