Queen of Hearts

★★★★★

Original title: Dronningen

2019 · 2 h 7 min

Directed by May el-Toukhy

Drama

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Cast

Trine Dyrholm Gustav Lindh Magnus Krepper

Plot

A successful Danish lawyer begins an affair with her seventeen-year-old stepson and then has to protect her family and career.

Sinekatalog’s take

May el-Toukhy's Danish drama of a lawyer's disastrous affair is cold, tense and morally unsettling. Trine Dyrholm is superb, and the film's chilly restraint gives its darkest moments real force.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (17,457 votes)
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