Chronology
Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. He meets Dagmar, who runs an adoption agency. Their bond grows stronger, but her world is shaken when she stumbles upon the shocking truth behind her work. Denmark’s official submission for Best International Feature Film; 97th Academy Awards 2025. I loved the promise that society would be revealed as the real monster, not the people it destroys. But telling the story through a character who is purely a victim takes the film away from that goal. This is not a social critique, where all evil is concentrated in one arch-villain, and everyone else is excused for their good intentions. On the contrary, it was meant to show that in such a brutal context, villainy and compassion are not so easily separated. The tone was also a bit off – more melancholic than anything else – leaving the viewer indifferent to what was happening on screen.