An ensemble of disparate people, all in their way struggling to survive in a New York City winter, find laughter, love and kindness in each other.
| Original title | The Kindness of Strangers |
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| Danish title | The Kindness of Strangers |
| Director | Lone Scherfig |
| Screenplay | Lone Scherfig |
| Producer | Malene Blenkov, Sandra Cunningham |
| Director of Photography | Sebastian Blenkov |
| Editor | Cam McLauchlin |
| Sound | Hans Møller |
| Composer | Andrew Lockington |
| Production designer | Carol Spier, Søren Schwarzberg |
| Casting | Deidre Bowen |
| Appearance | Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough, Caleb Landry Jones |
| Production country | Denmark, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States |
| Danish subtitles | Yes |
| Domestic distribution | SF Studios |
| International sales | HanWay Films |
| Danish theatrical release | 18.06.2020 |
| Comment | The ensemble drama opened at the Berlinale 2019 in Competition. Lone Scherfig is renowned for her Dogme film, ’Italian for Beginners’ (2000), and other notable titles such as ’Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself’ (2002), the Oscar-nominated ’An Education’ (2009), ’The Riot Club’ (2014) and ’Their Finest Hour’ (2016). |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Executive Producer | Creative Alliance, Strada Film |
| Co-production | Film i Väst, Nadcon Film, D'Artagnan Productions, ARTE Grand Accord, WDR, Arte France Cinéma |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Telefilm Canada, Danmarks Radio, Ontario Creates, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film & TV Fond |
| In collaboration with | HanWay Films |
| Domestic distribution | SF Studios |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Lone Scherfig |
| Casting | Deidre Bowen |
| 2nd assistant director | Katja Reventlow-Grinling |
| 3rd assistant director | Mikael Holst Nørlund |
| Casting: extras | Anne Serup Kjærhauge |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Lone Scherfig |
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Production |
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| Producer | Malene Blenkov |
| Producer | Sandra Cunningham |
| Line producer | Stephen Traynor |
| Line producer | Kristina Kornum |
| Line producer | Deborah Bayer Marlow |
| Unit manager | Søren Frimodt-Møller |
| Location manager | Lennart Storgaard |
| Location assistant | Ronni Husmand |
| Location scout | Jimmi Jacobsen |
| Location scout | Jesper Ray |
| Production coordinator | Christina Pind Rasmussen |
| Production assistant | Kim Nguyen |
| Production assistant | Kristian Kjer Mygenfordt |
| Production assistant | Bibi Stormfeldt |
| Production assistant | Kasper Frederik Mortensen |
| Production assistant | Kenneth Bjørn Nielsen |
| Production assistant | Maria Lundedal Møller |
| Production assistant | Anita Hermansen |
| Production assistant | Viktor Banke Holst |
| Production assistant | Mark Stüker Hansen |
| Production assistant | Alma Dyekjær Giese |
| Production assistant: pre-production | Nicolai Rosenborg |
| Production assistant: pre-production | Tori Larsen |
| Production assistant: pre-production | Caroline Steenberg Dam |
| Production assistant: pre-production | Kristina Pedersen |
| Producer's assistant | Malou Bækgaard Jakobsen |
| Post-production supervisor | Lina Wichmann |
| Post Producer | Annette Averhoff |
| Post Producer | Henning Szpiro Eriksen |
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Cinematography |
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| Director of Photography | Sebastian Blenkov |
| Camera assistant | Søren Berthelin |
| 2nd assistant camera | Rasmus Søndergaard Rygaard |
| Third assistant camera | Søren Pedersen |
| Video assistant | Victor Mathiesen |
| DIT supervisor | Alexander Leise-Hansen |
| DIT | Anders Retsloff Pedersen |
| Key grip | Jeppe Lassen |
| Key grip | Emil Taasinge |
| Gaffer | Michael Sørensen |
| Rigger | Kenneth Andersen |
| Rigger | Anders Knudsen |
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Stills |
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| Still photographer | Per Arnesen |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Cam McLauchlin |
| Editing supervisor | Janus Billeskov Jansen |
| Facility manager | Carsten Dahl |
| VFX editor | Rasmus Bro |
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Music |
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| Composer | Andrew Lockington |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Carol Spier |
| Production designer | Søren Schwarzberg |
| Set dresser | Susanne Buhl |
| Property master | Charlotte Snede Sørensen |
| Set dresser | Esben Mourier |
| Assistant set dresser | Karsten Holst |
| Assistant set dresser | Pernille Nydal Henriksen |
| Assistant set dresser | Peter Jeppe Hansen |
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Wardrobe |
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| Costume designer | Louize Nissen |
| Costume assistant | Mia Sturup |
| Costume on set | Helle Høgsbo Krag |
| Costume assistant | Grete Skalisiute |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup designer | Sarah Craig McEathron |
| Makeup artist | Erik Schiødt |
| Hair stylist | Susanne Søbye |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Hans Møller |
| Boom operator | Kasper Munck-Hansen |
| Dialogue editor | Niels Arild |
| Sound effect editor | Niklas Skarp |
| Technical support | Olivier Richter |
| Sound assistant | Nora Øland |
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Visual effects |
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| Conforming | Steffen Benger |
| Conforming | Patrick Lund Larsen |
| Supervisor | Isac Hessellund |
| Colourist | Sandra Klass |
| Technical supervisor | Anders Holck Petersen |
| VFX supervisor | Alexander Schepelern |
| VFX production manager | Christina Jæger |
| VFX coordinator | Line Leth |
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Appearance |
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| Clara | Zoe Kazan |
| Marc | Tahar Rahim |
| Alice | Andrea Riseborough |
| Jeff | Caleb Landry Jones |
| Anthony | Jack Fulton |
| John Peter | Jay Baruchel |
| Timofey | Bill Nighy |
| Richard | Esben Smed |
| Lars | David Dencik |
| Jude | Finlay Wojtak-Hissong |
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