Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world “outside” – or so Svend Aage’s wife tells him – and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It’s Max.Read More »
Aged 63, Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa,” is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature . It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life, she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. She is an isolated genius, however, until the day she meets a talented 30-year-old poet. She promises him literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally – even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life…Read More »