(L-R): Actresses Hanna Alström and Carice van Houten star in director Julius Sevcík’s historical drama, ‘The Affair.’
One of the most dangerous things that people could have harbored during the rise of World War II in Nazi-ruled countries was forbidden romantic feelings. Actresses Carice van Houten and Hanna Alström characters are learning that all-too-important lesson in the new historical drama, The Affair,’ which Vertical Entertainment is distributing today on VOD and On Demand.
In honor of the period film’s release, ShockYa is exclusively debuting a clip from the feature, which is titled ‘Baby Bump Kiss.’ The clip highlights the tension that’s arising as a result of the forbidden romantic love between Alström and van Houten’s characters, Liesel and Hana, and showcases the intensity of their first romantic encounter.
Two wives are drawn together by an erotic undertow in the ultimately frustrating Affair
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
March 3, 2021
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An interesting but ultimately frustrating struggle between form and content animates The Affair, an attractive but inert drama set in Czechoslovakia amid the most pivotal events of the 20th century.
Hanna Alstrom and Carice van Houten play Liesel and Hana, best friends whose relationship possesses an undeniably erotic undertow, even after they re both married. In Liesel s case, the man in question is Viktor Landauer (Claes Bang), a prosperous auto executive who shares his wife s taste for sleek, modernist lines. They commission a noted German architect to build a low-slung, glass-and-steel house outside the metropolis of Brno. Initially a monument to the optimism and boldness of prewar Europe, the Landauer house goes from being a statement to a family home, as Liesel and Viktor begin to have children; with the adv
We Have Enough Tragic White Lesbian Period Romances Move On
The new film ‘The World to Come’ unfortunately rehashes a lot of tired sapphic stereotypes.
This article contains spoilers for the upcoming film The World To Come.
They say there are five rules to follow if you want your lesbian romance to get critical acclaim, wide release, and nomination for awards:
1. It must be set in the distant past.
2. The women must be white, one with light hair, one with dark.
3. Their love must be kept a secret.
4. The actresses must be straight.
5. The slower and more heartbreaking the story the better.
Watch Carice Van Houten, Hanna Alstrom in The Affair s Sapphic Trailer
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Set against the backdrop of the 1930s Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia,
The Affair stars Kingsman franchise s Hanna Alstrom as Liesel Landauer. She, along with her husband Viktor Landauer, played by Claes Bang, is filled with optimism and happiness in their new home, which is a city landmark given that within it is a much-famed glass room. But, according to the official synopsis, all too soon, extramarital temptations bring out their darkest secrets and desires. As the trailer, premiering on