
Careful What You Wish For(2015)
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.


Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

Trine Dyrholm
Anne

Gustav Lindh
Gustav

Magnus Krepper
Peter

Liv Esmår Dannemann
Frida

Silja Esmår Dannemann
Fanny

Stine Gyldenkerne
Lina

Preben Kristensen
Erik

Frederikke Dahl Hansen
Cecilie

Ella Solgaard
Sara

Carla Philip Røder
Amanda
Queen of Hearts is a drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of lawyer, incest, older woman younger man relationship, woman director, erotic thriller, unfaithful wife. Directed by May el-Toukhy, it stars Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper. Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.
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