After the Wedding - Parker Sealy

In this film, there are many moral negotiations made. One of which is the one revolves around Jorgen and Jacob. Through there negotiations of Jacob remaining in Denmark and both trying to work out a way to get what they want, they represent the Developed and Developing countries, the East and West, Etc. Obviously Jorgen is the developed country because he is the one with all the money that is calling the shots and holds his power high over the developing country and Jacob. He calls the shots and is therefore capable of holding Jacob in Denmark to get what he wants. That’s not to say that Jorgen doesn’t have good intentions because he totally does. He wants someone to be there for his wife and kids after he dies and thinks that since Jacob is Anna’s biological father then he would be perfect for the job. Jorgen means well but he is still representing how, as a developed country, they can hold the money and not give it to the developing country and pretty much do whatever they want. Jacob obviously represents the developing country and is one that doesn’t really have a say in the matter. He didn’t want to leave India to go to Denmark but had to in order to go get money. He didn’t want to stay for more than a week but he had to in order to get the money. He didn’t want to stay forever but he had to in order to protect Anna and be there for the family once Jorgen died. So many things that he didn’t want to do but he had to in order to do what Jorgen wanted because Jorgen was calling the shots. At the end, it was almost as though Jacob had taken Jorgen’s spot because he was not calling the shots, though in a friendlier manner as he didn’t force Pramod to leave his home to go back with him but he very much took on the role of the developed country