Sommai lives where the North Sea violently nudges the shoulder of Denmark. She heads a wide network of mail-order brides from Thailand married to Danish men. She was the first Thai to arrive in the area and ever since she has been helping her “sisters” along on the same journey.

With Sommai at the centre - set in both Thailand and Denmark - Between Two Worlds follows four couples over 10 years in a character-driven drama about globalisation, told on the intimate stage of marriage migration. Primarily, this is the story of a group of strong, entrepreneurial Thai women who make drastic and, at times, cynical choices to improve their lives.

The unique time span in the filming has made it possible to portray the changes in their lives and the changes happening in both Thailand and Denmark, when dreams meet reality and actions have consequences. This provides an in-depth study of the women’s migration process and a thought provoking testimony of how “the haves” and “the have-nots” of the world today co-exist.

Through great intimacy and strong cinematic storytelling, Between Two Worlds creates a mirror image of the wind-blown fishing community in Denmark and the women’s village in Thailand. These two places – a world apart and at opposite ends of the global economic scale – are mutually connected and affected by the marriage migration Sommai orchestrates. It is a local story with a universal reach.

Between Two Worlds stands on the shoulders of Janus Metz’ two earlier films about the same characters: Love on Delivery (2008) and Ticket to Paradise (2008). We have now filmed these people again to tell the full story, adding extensive new material to what exists already.

Like its predecessors, Between Two Worlds is made in close collaboration with anthropologist Sine Plambech, whose internationally recognised field work among marriage migrants and sex workers constitutes the basis of the film.