Beginnings

Begyndelser

Denmark, Sweden, Belgium | 2025 | 96 min

Language: Danish

Subtitles: English

Suitable for audiences aged 12 and above

Director(s): Jeanette Nordahl

Script: Rasmus Birch, Jeanette Nordahl

Cast: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Bjørk Storm, Luna Svelmøe

Production: Snowglobe

Distribution: Scanbox Entertainment Finland

Drama

Female Director Identity Nordic With Guests Body Parenthood

Screenings:

Ane (Trine Dyrholm) and Thomas (David Dencik), middle-aged parents of two children, are separating. Thomas has a new partner and he plans to move in with her, but first the big, difficult news needs to be shared with their daughters, who know nothing about their parents’ intentions.

The situation is apruptly changed when Ane suffers a stroke and one side of her body is paralyzed. In these difficult new circumstances, the couple decides to put their divorce plans on hold and continue living together for the time being. The decision has surprising consequences.

Danish filmmaker Jeanette Nordahl, who made her breakthrough with Wildland (Espoo Ciné 2020), a film about a family of criminals, again shows how she has mastered the restrained psychological depiction of human relationships and family dynamics.

Suvi Heino

Director Jeanette Nordahl and actor David Dencik will attend the screenings of Beginnings.