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Acts of Love

2025 · 124 min

A quiet, unsettling drama that slowly tightens around questions of faith and family, leaving a lingering unease.

Overview
Hanna lives in a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark and longs to have a child. But her sheltered life starts to unravel as the unexpected arrival of her younger brother Jakob stirs up long-buried memories of their troubled past. Will his arrival threaten Hanna’s dream of becoming a mother? And will the members of the community be able to live up to their own rules and beliefs, when they are confronted with the question: who gets to decide over love?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • family
  • identity
  • trauma
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jeppe Rønde
Written by
Christopher Grøndahl, Jeppe Rønde
Starring
Cecilie Lassen, Jonas Holst Schmidt, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Miilu Lindberg Boassen, Connie Kristoffersen, Henrik Birch, Klaus Geisler, Bodil Lassen
Music
Sune Kølster
Cinematography
Jacob Møller
Runtime
124 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Kalaallisut, Danish

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