The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man
Karen (Sonja Richter) is working so constantly that she has little time for her husband (Michael Nyqvist) and daughter. When she spies a handsome man on the street in Paris, she feels an electric attraction that changes her life.
She learns that Machik (Marcin Dorocinski) is a professor visiting from Poland, and she pursues him relentlessly, even going so far as to follow him all the way to Warsaw and ensconcing herself in an apartment right across the street from the flat where he lives with his wife and family. While Machik initially encourages the romance, he soon tires of Karen and tries to extricate himself from the relationship.
The film might have come off as a sour exercise in masochism, but is saved by an intriguing, subjective point of view. Fly immerses us in the feverish fantasy life of his heroine. In fact, the entire film has an arresting ambiguity. We can never be entirely sure whether the events are unfolding in real life or merely in the mind of the heroine.
(...) This provocative film is sure to polarize viewers, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. How many movies these days leave viewers arguing about the riveting drama they've just seen?
Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter
Original title: Kvinden der dromte om en mand
Duration: 91 min
Dialogue: Danish, Polish, Czech, French
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
