QUEEN OF HEARTS

By May El-Toukhy

The Danish entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards®.

Winner of the 'Audience Award' at Sundance Film Festival 2019.

FACTS

Title: QUEEN OF HEARTS
Original title: DRONNINGEN
Director: May El-Toukhy
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper
Genre: Drama
Duration: 128 min
Language: Danish
Additional Languages: Swedish
Country of origin: Denmark
Scriptwriter: Maren Louise Käehne, May El-Toukhy
Cinematographer: Jasper Spanning
Editor: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
Production Company: Nordisk Film Production A/S
Producers: Caroline Blanco, René Ezra
Production year: 2018
Executive producers: Henrik Zein
Budget EUR: 2.6M
Local release: 28-03-2019
Film status: Internationally Premiered

A woman jeopardizes both her career and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson and is forced to make an irreversible decision with fatal consequences.

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14. February 2019
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10. February 2019
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3. February 2019

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Festival overview

Göteborg Int. Filmfestival
Awards: Best Nordic Film Award, Best Acting Award, Audience Award Best Nordic Film
2019-01-24

Sundance Film Festival
Awards: Audience Award
2019-01-24

Rotterdam Film Festival
2019-02-22