A backstage affair goes off-script when the leading lady crashes the dressing room drama.
At a theatre during a performance of Dangerous Liaisons, a young costume dresser is having an affair with an actor, but gets a taste of reality when the leading lady discovers her partner's infidelity.
Direction
El-Toukhy's patient, observational style lets discomfort breathe.
Acting
Zangenberg's quiet desperation is the whole film.
Director
May el-Toukhy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was May el-Toukhy's graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark, made before her acclaimed 2019 feature Queen of Hearts.
The TMDB 1.0 rating is almost certainly from algorithm noise — only 2 votes exist, making this a true hidden gem buried by bad data.
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