Director:
May el-Toukhy
Writers:
Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy
Starring:
Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Liv Esmår Dannemann
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.
Plot summary from IMDb: A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
Awards: 23 wins & 18 nominations.
Runtime: 127 min
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