1918, Copenhagen. Caroline, a worker at a sewing factory, gets pregnant but instead of the better life she had hoped for, she is left on her own and without a job. With no other option, she takes a position as a wet nurse in a secret adoption agency, where the owner of a sweet shop helps poor mothers to give up their children out of wedlock. She soon learns the shocking truth about the babies' fates. The director continues the Bergmanian tradition of gender tensions in this gothic thriller based on true events that left an indelible mark on Danish history. Presented in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight with only his fourth feature-length film to date, Magnus von Horn has been selected for this year's Cannes Competition and has received favourable critical acclaim.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 55 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, Sweden, Poland, 2024
- Genre
- Drama, Crime
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Magnus von Horn
- Screenplay
- Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen
- Producers
- Malene Blenkov, Madeleine Ekman, Søren Frimodt-Møller, Rikke Katborg, Kristina Kornum, Lea Løbger, Deborah Bayer Marlow, Calle Marthin, Lone Scherfig, Katrine Vogelsang, Mariusz Wlodarski, Henrik Zein
- Cinematography
- Doriana Agacinska, Akira Andersson, Lukasz Bak, Maciej Bedyk, Michal Bratkiewicz, Sebastian Debicki, Mateusz Gaweda, Konrad Gut, Niclas Holmberg, Tomasz Jagielski, Lukasz Kaczmarczyk, Magnus Karlsson, Krzysztof Knapik, Janne Kokki, Julia Komisarczyk, Mariusz Kula, Mateusz Kwasiborski, Marcin Laskus, Adam Mendry, Simon Mortensen, Maksim Najdienow, David Odstad, Norbert Pogorzelski, Szymon Polak, Marcin Przywara, Adam Ratkiewicz, Szczepan Romek, Grzegorz Rusicki, Marcin Skos, Jan Sosnowski, Przemyslaw Sosnowski, Maciej Szafnicki, Adrian Szulim, Krzysztof Szulim, Dariusz Tomczak, Maciej Tomków, Maciej Trzcinski, Dariusz Wojas, Marcin Wojtaszewski, Pawel Zelazko, Wojciech Zubek, Lukas Östergren, Michal Dymek
- Music
- Frederikke Hoffmeier
- Cast
- Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- International competition
Director
Magnus von Horn
Magnus von Horn studied filmmaking at the National Film School of Poland in Łódź. His debut feature film The Here After (2015), screened at Scanorama, was nominated for the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and presented at the European Film Awards. His film Sweat has toured many festivals and was screened at the opening of Scanorama 2020. The director is interested in the dark side of human nature - the essence of evil, the themes of aggression and anger.
