A Horrible Woman (2017)

Original title

En frygtelig kvinde

Directed by

Christian Tafdrup

Genre

drama film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

7

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man meets a woman who seems charming and loving, but as their relationship deepens, her behavior becomes controlling and manipulative. The film shows the slow unraveling of his perception of her and their life together.

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What happens

A Horrible Woman (Danish: En frygtelig kvinde) is a Danish drama film from 2017, directed by Christian Tafdrup. It was made for less than 4 million kroner and was filmed in 16 days. A Horrible Woman premiered at CPH:PIX in October 2017. The film had its Danish premier in December 2017. selling 21,000 tickets in the first 4 days. By mid-January, A Horrible Woman had sold over 100,000 tickets. A Horrible Woman had a controversial reception, with some female reviewers arguing its depiction of women in relationships did more harm than good. That "(Marie) goes beyond her caricatured villain to say something more general about women's allegedly deceptive nature". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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