What s it about?
Based on a true story, a young girl (Mynster) is torn between her conscience, religion and passion when she is forced to make a choice between her faith and her feelings for a man (Asbæk) who does not belong to her family s church, the Jehovah s Witnesses. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.)
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