Love Is All You Need
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| Directed by | Susanne Bier |
| Produced by | Sisse Graum Jørgensen Vibeke Windeløv |
| Screenplay by | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Story by | Susanne Bier Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Starring |
Pierce Brosnan Trine Dyrholm Kim Bodnia |
| Music by | Johan Söderqvist |
| Cinematography | Morten Søborg |
| Edited by | Pernille Bech Christensen Morten Egholm |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics (US) |
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116 minutes |
| Country | Denmark Sweden Italy France Germany |
| Language | Danish English Italian |
| Budget |
€5.5 million ($7.1 million) |
| Box office | $10,016,934 |
Love Is All You Need (Danish: Den skaldede frisør, Lit.: The Bald Hairdresser) is a 2012 Danish romantic comedy film directed by Susanne Bier and starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm.
Hairdresser Ida, who has recently ended a successful breast cancer treatment after undergoing a mastectomy, returns home to find her husband Leif cheating on her. Meanwhile, Phillip, (Pierce Brosnan) is a successful exporter of fruits and vegetables who has become misanthropic after the death of his wife.
Ida's daughter Astrid and Phillip's son Patrick have meanwhile gone to Italy to prepare Patrick's family's villa in preparation for their wedding which is to take place only three months after they met.
Ida, who is still in denial about her husband leaving her, travels to Italy for the wedding alone. After backing up her car in the airport parking space she accidentally hits Phillip. After he shouts at her for being a reckless driver he realizes she is Astrid's mother and the two travel the rest of the way to the villa together. They do not have a favourable view of one another as Phillip thinks that Ida is foolish and a klutz while Ida finds Phillip rude and mean.
At the villa drama ensues when Leif brings his new girlfriend, Tilde, to the wedding and everyone is surprised when she introduces herself as his fiancée. Upset, Ida goes for a swim in the cove near the house. Phillip sees her swimming nude and runs to urge her out of the water as the current can be dangerous. On their walk home he shows her the groves of lemon and orange trees on the estate.
Phillip begins to feel attracted to Ida's warm and sunny personality and eventually confides the way in which his wife died to her. He also rejects the advances of Benedikte, his sister-in-law. At a celebration before the wedding Phillip dances with Ida. He allows Leif to cut in but after he pushes Ida around their son comes to Ida's rescue and punches Leif. Phillip then tells Ida she's beautiful and wonderful but they are interrupted by Benedikte.
Back at the party Patrick sees Astrid grinding on Alessandro, a hired hand at the villa. He breaks them apart but Astrid tells him that he is gay. When he goes to apologize to Alessandro the two end up kissing.
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