The Girl King (2015)

Directed by

Mika Kaurismäki

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

12

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 183 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Queen Christina of Sweden as she navigates the pressures of ruling a kingdom while exploring her own identity and desires. It focuses on her personal relationships and the conflicts between duty and freedom.

historicalintimatemelancholicslow-burnreflectiveemotionally restrainedthoughtful

What happens

The Girl King is a 2015 biographical drama about Christina, Queen of Sweden. It was directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Michel Marc Bouchard who, after writing the screenplay for the film, wrote his stage play Christine, La Reine-Garçon which enjoyed a successful run in 2012 at Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and then in English at the Stratford Festival in 2014. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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