"And spent a ton of time discussing different angles, reading books, watching documentaries and going through essays and articles. "We gathered a lot of material," el-Toukhy explains. I wanted to look into that." A particularly challenging characterĮl-Toukhy and writer Maren Louise Käehne – who also collaborated with el-Toukhy on her debut feature 'Long Story Short', winning them the national Bodil Award for best script – started with a lot of research. And it's rare that we see the perspective of the older woman, not the younger man. That narrative differs very much from the narrative of stepfather and stepdaughter and is often depicted as something more profound and pure. "Historically we have a tendency to overromanticise the relationship between an older woman and a younger man, whether it's a stepmother and stepson or teacher and pupil.
Sundance Film Festival 2019 runs 24 January – 3 February.īoth films are also selected for the Nordic competitions at Göteborg Film Festival, running 25 January – 4 February.Īnother inspiration to create a story about an older woman and a younger man came from the desire to shake up how such a narrative is usually presented. Also selected for Sundance is Mads Brügger's documentary 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld'. 'Queen of Hearts' is making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
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