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The film is also available in other non-theatrical markets including\nCSTV for universities\u002Fcolleges, library systems, cruise lines and rail.\nA poignant, intense romantic drama, The Kiss is the latest work by August, the\nacclaimed filmmaker whose Pelle the Conqueror (1987) starring Max Von Sydow,\nwon the Academy Award, Palme d’Or and Golden Globe, and whose international\nsuccesses also include The House of the Spirits starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep\nand Glenn Close (1993) and Les Miserables starring Liam Neeson and Uma\nThurman (1998).",[24,374,375],{},"Based on the classic German novel Beware of Pity by Stefan Zwieg, who also\ninspired The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Kiss stars an award-winning international\ncast including Danish actors Clara Rosager, Esben Smed, and Lars Mikkelsen who\nrecently starred in the Netflix production of Frankenstein and previously starred in\nthe most recent Star Wars installment Ahsoka.",[24,377,378],{},"The Kiss has garnered awards and accolades from critics and festivals around the\nworld, including the Audience Awards at The Roberts Awards in Denmark, Grand\nPrix at the Warsaw International Festival, Best Director at the Barcelona Film\nFestival, and Official Selection at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden, European\nFilm Festival in Lebanon, Film by the Sea International Film Festival, and Bari\nInternational Film Festival in Italy. Audiences enthusiastically applauded the film\nat U.S. festivals including Sun and Stars International Film Festival (Palm Beach,\nFL), Sedona International Film Festival (Sedona, AZ) and Cinema World Fest (Los\nAngeles, CA).",[24,380,381,382,385],{},"Set against the backdrop of 1913 Denmark at the start of World War I, The Kiss\nfollows the journey of a noble cavalry officer, hoping to complete his military\ntraining with distinction. After helping the local baron out of a tough situation one\nday with his automobile, he is invited to join him and his family for dinner at their\ncastle, where he meets the Baron’s beautiful wheelchair bound daughter. The two\nbegin spending more and more time together as she slowly falls in love and he\nstruggles with being able to discern if his feelings for her are genuine or merely out\nof pity, all while the ominous threat of the first World War looms over them.\nFounded in 1977, World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation (",[336,383,341],{"href":338,"rel":384},[340],") is\na diversified company with shareholders throughout the world, primarily involved\nin the development, financing, production and distribution of feature films,\ndocumentaries, short subjects, industrials and television productions. 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A poignant, intense romantic drama, The Kiss is the latest work by August, the acclaimed filmmaker whose Pelle the Conqueror starring Max Von Sydow, won the Academy Award, Palme d’Or and Golden Globe, and whose international successes also include The House of the Spirits starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep and Glenn Close and Les Miserables starring Liam Neeson and Uma Thurman.",[24,408,409],{},"Based on the classic German novel Beware of Pity by Stefan Zwieg, who also inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Kiss stars an award-winning international cast including Danish actors Clara Rosager, Esben Smed, and Lars Mikkelsen who starred in the most recent Star Wars installment Ahsoka.",[24,411,412],{},"The Kiss has garnered awards and accolades from critics and festivals around the world, including the Audience Awards at The Roberts Awards in Denmark, Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Festival, Best Director at the Barcelona Film Festival, and Official Selection at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden, European Film Festival in Lebanon, Film by the Sea International Film Festival, and Bari International Film Festival in Italy. 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