He soon gets under it).Īnd dancing drunkenly to “Tainted Love” at a dinner party while her husband and friends look on indifferently is a bit on the obvious – and icky – side. This gripping erotic drama, directed by May el-Toukhy with wonderful performances from all, is sometimes in danger of slipping over into posh soap, or soft-core porn, territory: a middle-aged woman with a wardrobe of high heels and tasteful trousers wants to rekindle her self-esteem and relive her youth with some wild, risky, taboo sex (Gustav even gives her arm tattoos, telling her, “It’s just skin”. Soon after, with apparently little regard for consequences, Anne, a powerful lawyer who specialises in defending young victims of rape and abuse, embarks on a steamy – as well as predatory and abusive – affair with her stepson. They're giving him a second chance – he was kicked out of several schools and his mother in Sweden wants to send him to boarding school. Her marriage to Peter (Magnus Krepper), a hard-working, often absent doctor, appears solid enough until Gustav (Gustav Lindh), his difficult teenage son from a previous marriage, moves in with them. The Alice-down-the-well analogy could apply to Anne herself. ![]() ![]() Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.” A cosy scene: Anne (the superb Trine Dyrholm: The Legacy The Commune Nico, 1988) is reading Alice in Wonderland to her twin daughters in their stylish Danish family house deep in the woods.
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