Copenhagen, 1919: a young worker turns out to be unemployed and pregnant. He meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong relationship grows stronger, but her world crumbles when she learns the shocking truth about her job. Denmark’s official entry in the “Best International Feature Film” category. Category of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony in 2025. It’s the last days of the Great War, and Caroline is barely surviving in the factory. She considers herself a widow, since her husband was missing during the war (although Denmark did not actually participate in it), but she does not receive widow’s benefits, since she is not on the list of the dead. A lot happens during the movie. And I don’t want to go into spoilers, so I won’t go into the plot, except that the marketing emphasizes that it doesn’t play as big a role in the film as one might think that its value is its meaning. reality around Caroline’s history. When was the last time someone in a movie tried to convince a potential tenant to rent an apartment by offering him two full hours of running water a day (from ten to noon, which is probably not a big sell), since most people during these times would work)? When was the rampant drug use of that era portrayed so honestly? Even what Dagmar is doing was relatively common at the time, although I’d venture to guess that the trend is now on the decline, and it’s not happening as often as it used to. Maybe I really liked the movie. especially if marketing was second and Dagmar was not mentioned, because she formed expectations. Although the main character is Dagmar, the film is clearly about Caroline and her difficulties. On the other hand, it’s hard to say how I would feel when I saw Dagmar Overby’s name on the door if I didn’t know in advance that this real person was being used in the film. (Note that the film is inspired by real events, and not based on them, so they try to keep a certain distance from the real Dagmar). I feel that it will be difficult for some viewers to sympathize with Karolina. , because sometimes it seems that the right decision is made too late. At the same time, you don’t have much time or opportunity for ethics when you’re just trying to survive in a world where the odds are stacked against you. On the other hand, although we know that the hope he receives is not in vain in this world, we still understand why he gives up. I love the look of the film. It is black and white, and the whole city looks devastated and barely afloat. This reminds us of the lack of interest or even contempt for the welfare of the working poor. Has everything changed so much? The time depicted was more than a century ago, but the concept of female bodily autonomy is again under constant attack. Of course, all art is in some way a reflection of its time, but it seems easier to see the similarities. here.