Queen of Hearts (2019)

A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.

Director:

May el-Toukhy

Writers:

Maren Louise Käehne (screenplay), May el-Toukhy (screenplay)

Stars:

Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper

23 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Trine Dyrholm	...	Anne
Gustav Lindh	...	Gustav
Magnus Krepper	...	Peter
Liv Esmår Dannemann	...	Frida
Silja Esmår Dannemann	...	Fanny
Stine Gyldenkerne	...	Lina
Preben Kristensen	...	Erik
Frederikke Dahl Hansen	...	Ung kvinde
Ella Solgaard	...	Sara
Carla Philip Røder	...	Amanda (as Carla Valentina Philip Røder)
Peter Khouri	...	Janus
Mads Knarreborg	...	Thomas
Marie Dalsgaard	...	Ellen
Elias Budde Christensen	...	Dreng i retten
Noel Bouhon Kiertzner	...	Lucas

Storyline

Anne, a successful lawyer, lives in a beautiful modernist home with her two daughters and physician husband, Peter. Yet when Gustav, Peter's troubled teenage son from another relationship, comes to live with them, she forms an intimate bond with him that jeopardizes her perfect life. And what initially seems like a liberating move for her soon turns into a disturbing story of power, betrayal, and responsibility with devastating consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

stepmother stepson sex | unfaithful wife | infidelity | doggystyle sex | extramarital affair | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Denmark's submission to the International Feature Film category of the 92nd Oscars.

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Goofs

The landscape doesn't look like Denmark at Christmas.

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Quotes

Anne: Sometimes what happens and what must never happen are the same thing.
Gustav: Like you and me?

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Soundtracks

Simplicity
Music by Carsten Dahl © Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Performed by Carsten Dahl Trio

User Reviews

Powerful & Disturbing Drama

Set in Denmark, this is a powerful drama which contains a number of highly graphic and explicit sex scenes.

Trine Dyrholm is terrific in her portrayal of Anne, an icy and headstrong partner in her own law firm, who crosses the taboo line and seduces her troubled stepson Gustav (Gustav Lindh), eventually leading to the most tragic of consequences.

Overall, a most engrossing drama, directed by May el-Toukhy, but one has to be willing to weather its most disturbing elements.

Details

Official Sites:

Danish Film Institute Official Facebook

Country:

Denmark Sweden

Language:

Danish Swedish English

Release Date:

19 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Queen of Hearts

Filming Locations:

Greater Copenhagen, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

DKK19,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$437,005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film Production, Det Danske Filminstitut, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1