25/44

Copenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.. Official submission of Denmark for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.. I liked the promise that society would be revealed as the true monster, rather than the people destroyed by it. However, telling the story through a character who is purely a victim distances the movie from that goal. It isn’t a social critique when all evil is concentrated in a single arch-villain, while everyone else is excused due to their good intentions. On the contrary, it should have been shown how, in such a brutal context, villainy and compassion are not so easily distinguishable. The tone was also somewhat off-more melancholic than anything else-leaving the viewer indifferent to what was happening on screen.