2020 Film Festival
film synopsis
It would seem that Anne (the remarkable Trine Dyrholm) already has it all: a challenging career as an advocate for abused children, a loving marriage to a successful physician, well-behaved twin daughters, and a gorgeous modernist home. But when 17-year-old Gustav, Anne’s husband’s sullen, rebellious son from an earlier marriage comes from Sweden to stay with her family, it sparks something transgressive within her. In an attempt to win his loyalty, she crosses the line from friendship to something more reckless: she seduces the lad. This provocative yet elegantly made melodrama shows what happens when a confident, judgmental woman convinced of her own superiority really does try to have it all. “This is Dyrholm's show and she gives it her all, emotionally and physically, delivering a full account of a woman who does whatever she wants because she believes she can get away with it.” – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
In competition for the FIPRESCI Prize