Bella is surrounded by external security, comfort, and expensive luxury. In her cold, unconnected everyday life, she randomly meets 20-year-old hippie Jacob. They share a sense of loneliness.
Acting
Bodil Kjer carries decades of repressed longing in every glance.
Cinematography
Luxury interiors that feel like gilded cages—gorgeous and suffocating.
Director
Henning Ørnbak
Bodil Kjer
Bella Berg
Erik Wedersøe
Jacob Frandsen
Bendt Rothe
Martin Berg
Kirsten Peüliche
Fru Malm
Preben Neergaard
Victor
Asbjørn Andersen
Konrad
Lars Knutzon
Henrik
Kjeld Jacobsen
Herbert
Kirsten Rolffes
Lizzie
Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
Ravn (privatdetektiv)
Ingolf David
Vagn (Jacobs far)
Tove Maës
Jacobs mor
Jørgen Buckhøj
Bilforhandler
Baard Owe
Bartender
Knud Hallest
Frans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Denmark's peak '70s cinematic wave exploring female sexuality and bourgeois critique, this was controversial for its sympathetic portrayal of an older woman's desire.
The scene where Bella tries on Jacob's beads in her mirror—reportedly improvised, and Kjer's expression reportedly made the crew cry.
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