Louise and Kasper, a Danish couple, live in an isolated villa in the middle of the forest away from modern life, technology and even electricity. Louise's biggest dream is to become a mother but she is unable to have children. She finally decides, out of desperation, to seal a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, who accepts to bear Louise's child as a surrogate mother in exchange of a large amount of money. But the life growing inside of her is taking shape too fast, affecting the lives of everyone like an evil force. Paranoia and horror sets around the inevitable birth.
Gloria, København
Øst for paradis, Aarhus
Cafébiografen, Odense
Biffen, Aalborg
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Feature debut by Ali Abbasi. The film world premiered in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama programme 2016 and has since been selected for a number of festivals, including Munich, Sarajevo and Montreal. Abbasi's follow-up 'Border' (2018) won the main prize at the Cannes sidebar Un Certain Regard.
SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic of Catalonia
2016-10-07
Helsinki Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
2016-09-15
Sarajevo Film Festival
2016-08-12
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
2016-07-21
Montreal Fantasia Int Film Festival
2016-07-14
Transilvania International Film Festival
2016-05-27
Berlinale
2016-02-11
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