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- Opening in Denmark on 28 March, 'Queen of Hearts' enjoyed a unanimously enthusiastic reception from the press.
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May el-Toukhy's Sundance winner 'Queen of Hearts' is among the five nominees for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2019. The winning title will be announced in Stockholm on 29 October. Three films selected for Danish Oscar shortlist
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El-Toukhy and writer Maren Louise Käehne – who also collaborated with el-Toukhy on her debut feature 'Long Story Short', winning them the national Bodil Award for best script – started with a lot of research. "We gathered a lot of material," el-Toukhy explains. "And spent a ton of time discussing different angles, reading books, watching documentar...
The film hangs on Trine Dyrholm's confident performance. El-Toukhy had worked with the actress on 'Long Story Short' and on TV hit 'The Legacy', so she and Käehne pitched the idea to Dyrholm early on in the process, and she jumped to the challenge. "I believe strongly that Trine Dyrholm was the only actress that could play this part and get away wi...
To cast the stepson, Gustav, el-Toukhy wanted a trained actor who looked like a juvenile but was not. "I wanted someone with some experience in life and therefore some sort of perspective," she says. Enter Swedish rising talent Gustav Lindh, who was then 22, but looks believable as a scrawny 17-year-old on screen. He has already had experience afte...
The team rehearsed extensively for three and a half weeks before shooting for about 35 days. "In the rehearsal room, we are creating a collective knowledge of the material based on the scripted vision for the story," she explains of her approach. "This collective knowledge helps us a lot during the shooting of the film. When we bump into something ...
The invitation from Sundance is the first indication that people might find the perspective of this story interesting. With such a morally complex story, el-Toukhy says, "I'm very curious to find out how the audience will react." "I do not find it particularly rewarding workwise to be intentionally provocative or controversial. It has never been my...
Nov 20, 2019 · May el-Toukhy discusses the “Greek tragedy-vibe” to Denmark’s Oscar entry ‘Queen Of Hearts’. By Wendy Mitchell 20 November 2019. Director May el-Toukhy talks about her provocative,...
May 16, 2024 · The film will be produced by Mikael Christian Rieks for Nordisk Film Production, with filming expected to begin in the first half of 2025. Backers on the film include the Danish Film...
Sep 24, 2019 · Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s Sundance award-winner Queen Of Hearts has been chosen as Denmark’s entry to the best international film prize at the 2020 Academy Awards.
Queen of Hearts (Danish: Dronningen, The Queen) is a 2019 Danish drama film directed by May el-Toukhy, and starring Trine Dyrholm and Gustav Lindh. The Danish and English film titles obliquely refer to the Queen of Hearts character in the children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which is mentioned repeatedly in the film.
