Queen of Hearts

3/5/2020

**_An exceptional, albeit painful, film that reminds us men aren't the only ones capable of sexual abuse_** >_Thou art my son, I am thy father's wife,_ >_I ache toward thee with a bridal blood,_ >_The pulse is heavy in all my married veins,_ >_My whole face beats, I will feed full of thee,_ >_My body is empty of ease, I will be fed,_ >_I am burnt to the bone with love, thou shalt not go,_ >_I am heartsick, and mine eyelids prick mine eyes,_ >_Thou shalt not sleep nor eat nor say a word_ >_Till thou hast slain me. I am not good to live._ - Algernon Charles Swinburne; "Phædra" (1866) I was lucky enough to get tickets for the _Dronningen_ [_Queen of Hearts_] screening at DIFF, where the film was introduced by lead actress Trine Dyrholm. When she returned for a