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The Danish Woman
Rambo, Napoleon and Pippi Longstocking - all rolled into one - and she lives next door.
When Ditte Jensen retires with honours from the Danish Secret Service, she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik, planning to tend her garden and live out her life in anonymity.
But Ditte cannot stop being who she is: an elite soldier and a warrior. Soon, the apartment building becomes a battlefield for a better world. With her deep-rooted sense of justice, she sees her neighbours' problems and feels compelled to intervene - whether they want her help or not. And in her world, the end justifies the means. Always.
Rambo, Napoleon and Pippi Longstocking - all rolled into one - and she lives next door.
When Ditte Jensen retires with honours from the Danish Secret Service, she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik, planning to tend her garden and live out her life in anonymity.
But Ditte cannot stop being who she is: an elite soldier and a warrior. Soon, the apartment building becomes a battlefield for a better world. With her deep-rooted sense of justice, she sees her neighbours' problems and feels compelled to intervene - whether they want her help or not. And in her world, the end justifies the means. Always.
Subjects:
urbanism, individual vs society, isolation
Benedikt Erlingsson is an Icelandic director, writer, and actor. His first feature film as writer-director, "Of Horses and Men," won over 20 international awards, including the New Directors Prize at the 2013 San Sebastián Film Festival and the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize. His second feature, "Woman at War," received more than 36 international awards, including the SACD Award at the 57th Semaine de la Critique in Cannes (2018), the LUX Prize of the European Parliament, and the Nordic Council Film Prize the same year.
Screenwriter for "The Danish Woman".