Nanna Skaarup Voss

Campagne danoise, fin du XIXe siècle. Lise, aînée d'une famille luthérienne, rêve d'émancipation. Mais lorsque sa mère est sur le point d'accoucher, la jeune fille voit sa vie basculer en une nuit…

The men in the village are dying one by one. The disease is spreading, and so is the paranoia. It must be darker forces at play, and the villagers on the island have only one suspect - a beautiful but mysterious girl living in harmony with nature. But is the persecuted young woman also in pact with the devil, or is she innocent? She hides with her mother, Anna, who must now decide if she wants to protect her daughter, and would risk being ostracized, or believe in the accusations and sentence her own child to death.

In the grey city of Nordby, where they fear everything blue, lives the hotel receptionist Anne. She dreams of becoming one of The Grey, the city's protectors. One night Anne sees a blue cat by the hotel. She imminently calls The Grey to the scene, who unsuccessfully starts a mission to catch the cat. Meanwhile, a young and colourful couple, Al & Chris, arrive at the hotel. Their different way of looking at the world and dangers of the blue cat challenges Anne's faith in The Grey. When the cat suddenly gets caught in a trap near the hotel, Anne has to decide whether she wants to free it and leave the city, or turn it in to The Grey and keep following the city's strict code.

Simon, un étudiant en médecine de 23 ans, fait face à des changements inévitables dans la vie, mais auxquels il résiste. Il vit en colocation avec trois amis, Knud, Søren et Esbe, qui ont tous des projets pour leur avenir proche. C’est l’été à Copenhague, et Simon préférerait vivre dans le présent. Avec Knud, qui est son meilleur ami, il espère réussir à un examen qui leur permettrait de passer six mois en Bolivie. Ce serait l’occasion parfaite pour échapper à la ville étouffante et vivre une véritable aventure. Cependant, comme Knud a une petite amie, Mia, bien qu’ils se disputent souvent pour se réconcilier ensuite, que Søren va bientôt se marier et qu’Esbe voudrait essayer de vivre seul, Simon est forcé de chercher d’autres solutions pour continuer de mener la même vie insouciante. Au début, il se dit qu’il va continuer de voir Emilie, une serveuse jeune et gaie, mais à mesure que ses amis s’éloignent de lui et que la frustration qui s’ensuit croît, il devient agressif.

Christian and Malene are lovers. Although they are both only in their mid 20s, they have been a couple for a long time since they got together as teenagers. They have reached a point in life where a new phase has begun: adulthood. The pressure from their surroundings is starting to create doubt in both of them, and the question is whether they should be together at all.

Aged 63, Karen Blixen 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...