What happens when grief turns your marriage into a battlefield? This Danish couple finds out the hard way.
A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.
Acting
Sofie Gråbøl's silent scream acting is devastatingly precise
Direction
Steen's female gaze exposes who gets to grieve out loud
Writing
Dialogue so sparse every word lands like a gut punch
Director
Paprika Steen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paprika Steen cast herself in a small role as the blunt dinner guest — apparently even directors need to judge these people.
This was Denmark's answer to 'In the Bedroom' but angrier — Nordic cinema was obsessed with dismantling the 'happy family' myth in the 2000s.
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