Sinopsis
Fiction. Darling is a moving drama about a woman on the rollercoaster ride of her life, the story of a modern woman’s rise and fall, and about the men around her – but most of all, about the courage to rise up after everything has fallen apart.
A world-famous Danish ballerina, Darling, and her husband, Frans return to Copenhagen for the first time in years. Together, they are going to mount a performance of the classic ballet Giselle at the Royal Danish Theatre with Frans as choreographer and Darling in the title role.
On one of the first days of rehearsal, Darling collapses in pain. She denies it, but the prognosis is clear: Her hip is worn out, irreparable. Her life as a professional dancer is over. Darling’s world is in ruins. She tries to salvage her place in the world, to stay close to her art by working with the young ballerina, Polly and make her the Giselle she can no longer be, but as Polly develops as Giselle and becomes the centre of everyone’s attention, Darling begins to unravel.
Early award-winning shorts screened at prestigious festivals (Sundance, New Directors/New Films, Berlin, Rotterdam) and earned her twice the EFA Best Short Film nomination, as well as awards at Berlin, Rotterdam, Melbourne IFF, Stockholm IFF, Dokufest and Danish Academy Award for Best Documentary for Out of Love. Her debut feature, Room 304 premiered internationally in the main competition at Karlovy Vary IFF, where it was awarded for the score and was released in cinemas across the whole country. She is also the co-writer on the feature film, The Idealist (dir. Christina Rosendahl). Stærmose has in 2015 directed three episodes of the Danish TV2 drama series Norskov airing in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, the Benelux countries and the US. The film premiere took place in October 2017 in Denmark.
Thursday 5 April: 19.30h
Cine Estudio. Círculo de Bellas Artes
Section: Competitive
Year of Production: 2017
Running Time: 103′
Country: Denmark/ Sweden
Language: Danish
Director: Birgitte Stærmose
Cast: Danica Curcic, Gustaf Skarsgård, Ulrich Thomsen and Astrid Grarup Elbo
Producers: Peter Aalbæk Jensen and Marie Gade Denessen
Production Company: Zentropa Entertainments3
International Sales: TrustNordisk
Main Festivals: BFI London Film Festival
