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Queen of Hearts

2019 · 127 min

A slow-burning, tense drama that feels like watching a car crash in slow motion, with a chilling and emotionally devastating atmosphere.

Overview: Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, 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 destined to destroy her world.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
guilt
family
power
Places: home
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: May el-Toukhy
Written by: Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann, Silja Esmår Dannemann, Stine Gyldenkerne, Preben Kristensen, Frederikke Dahl Hansen
Cinematography: Jasper Spanning
Runtime: 127 min
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Languages: Danish, Swedish

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