The Big Day (2005)

Director
Morten Arnfred

Main cast
Louise Mieritz; Christian Tafdrup; Henrik Prip; Trine Dyrholm; Frank Thiel

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Anne has started a wedding planning biz with happily flaming designer Lars and grumpy accountant Jesper. Hoping to make a big public splash, they land upcoming event that will marry TV chat hosts Anders and Signe. Instant attraction between Anne and Anders is complicated even further by her planned nuptials with boring b.f. Simon.


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