Reviews

• “Spectacular entertainment. /…/ Hooray for a new way of thinking about form and style.”

• “The formidable thing about the film is the details of the acting and the script. /…/ Zandvliet – and perhaps especially Weis – shows that if you dare to enter this room, it is a place that cannot be in any other way. Some love relationships are and become inflamed. They are a kind of mirrored attraction, negatively complex, yes, one could almost say backwards poetic. /…/ There was something terrible in Tove’s head, but occasionally also indescribably lyrical. And you are left with a sense of gratitude that she lived and gave us unique literature that so blatantly depicts what it means to be human. The same can be said about this film.”

• “A harsh and enriching experience. /…/ Paprika Steen and Lars Brygmann deliver world-class acting.”

• “Tove’s room is brilliant and infamous. Relentless and at times tender. The film about writer Tove Ditlevsen is impressive.”

• “Weis’ script is excellent, nothing less. There are well-formulated jokes and malice, but also many psychological layers in the relationship between the two main characters. ”

• “The script is again penned by playwright Jakob Weis, who can merge the disgusting with beauty and humorous absurdity. /…/ And consider the words and the language as the film’s – and Tove’s – driving force, life, and heart. Because there aren’t many car explosions, robberies, or scenography changes in this chamber play. On the other hand, the explosive language constitutes a violent reality and a screaming pain, when we visit the great artist’s little room, which through words develops into an arena for a sadomasochistic drama. /…/ Beautiful, claustrophobic, deeply uncomfortable and supremely good.”

• “Paprika Steen and Lars Brygmann are completely fearless and indestructible in the roles of Tove Ditlevsen and Viktor Andreasen in Martin Zandvliet’s formidable chamber play Tove’s Room.”

• “Tove’s Room is detailed storytelling, and if you don’t know much about Tove Ditlevsen’s writing, you will want to read her works, or re-read them after you have seen the film.”

• “The most intense Danish film of the year.”

• “Brilliant acting in the world’s most terrible marriage drama will make you gape in awe.”

• “A violent film, which everyone should give themselves the opportunity to see – Paprika Steen and Lars Brygmann have never been better.”

• “Sparks fly in the dark of the movie theatre. /…/ A shocking and moving film adaptation.”

• “It’s ugly, uncomfortable, and captivating.”

• “Paprika Steen and Lars Brygmann’s interaction is once again surprisingly nuanced and overwhelmingly delicate.”