Queen of Hearts (Dronningen)

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Synopsis

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated lawyer specializing in children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne's escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events that threatens to destroy her world. QUEEN OF HEARTS explores the making of a tragic family secret step by step, as the consequences of hubris, lust and lies conspire to create an unimaginable dilemma.

Cast

  • Trine Dyrholm
  • Gustav Lindh
  • Magnus Krepper
  • Liv Esmår Dannemann
  • Silja Esmår Dannemann
  • Stine Gyldenkerne
  • Preben Kristensen
  • Frederikke Dahl Hansen
  • Ella Solgaard
  • Carla Philip Røder

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Metacritic

60
Oct 31, 2019

When the movie isn’t straining, the go-for-broke performances of Dyrholm and Lindh give it a specific, unusual tension — like the feeling you get when you’ve over-tightened a corkscrew and know the matter around it is about to crumble.

Metacritic review by Glenn Kenny
Glenn Kenny
The New York Times
80
Oct 31, 2019

The tricky brilliance of Queen of Hearts is in how el-Toukhy uses a well-worn narrative — the unsuspecting, hidden passion with the appearance of erotic freedom — to unveil what in reality is a poisonous tale of abuse.

Metacritic review by Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
35
Oct 30, 2019

Gender inequality may be a potentially complicating factor when it comes to sexual trauma (i.e., men can also be abused by women), but that provocative conceit isn’t considered with much care or intelligence.

Metacritic review by Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
TheWrap