Love Is All You Need

Love Is All You Need (Danish: Den skaldede frisør, lit. 'The Bald Hairdresser') is a 2012 Danish romantic comedy film directed by Susanne Bier and starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm.

Plot

Danish hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm), who has recently completed a successful breast cancer treatment after undergoing a mastectomy, returns home to find her husband Leif having an affair with his accountant, Tilde. In a different part of Copenhagen, English businessman Philip (Pierce Brosnan) is a successful exporter of fruits and vegetables who has become misanthropic after the death of his wife.

Meanwhile, Ida's daughter Astrid and Philip's son Patrick have gone to Italy to prepare Patrick's family's villa for their wedding, which is to take place only three months after they met.

Ida is in denial about her husband leaving her. She intends to travel alone to Italy for the wedding, but at Copenhagen airport, she bumps into Philip for the first time (her car collides with Philip's). After he shouts at her for being a reckless driver, he realizes she is Astrid's mother, and the two travel the rest of the way to the villa together. They do not have a favourable view of one another, as Philip finds Ida irritating, while Ida thinks that Philip is rude and mean.

At the villa, drama ensues when Leif brings his new girlfriend, Tilde, to the wedding and everyone is surprised when she introduces herself as his fiancée. Upset, Ida goes for a swim in the cove near the house. Philip sees her swimming nude and runs to urge her out of the water as the current can be dangerous. On their walk home, he shows her the groves of lemon and orange trees on the estate.