De gode mødre

Danish film Good Mothers (original title De gode mødre) is an intense story about the price of ambition, the power of lies, and how far parents are willing to go for their children. It is directed by Amalie Næsby Fick and written by Nikolaj Arcel (The Promised Land, Riders of Justice, A Royal Affair) and Sara Isabella Jønsson (Dark Horse, Unruly). The film stars Denmark’s most prolific actors: Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen, Westworld) and Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing, The Shift) and Asta Kamma August (A Family Like Ours, Kalak, The Hypnosis). The film is partly shot in Västra Götaland.

A small suburban community is shaken by an alleged sexual assault on a teenage boy, committed by two other boys. When successful real estate agent Anne Sofie discovers that her son is more deeply involved than she initially thought, she decides to protect him and the family’s reputation—no matter the cost. This brings her into direct conflict with the mothers of the other two boys.

As evidence against Anne Sofie’s son begins to circulate, the pressure builds, and she decides that one of the other boys must be made the scapegoat. Her morals—and her relationships with everyone around her—are pushed to the breaking point, and Anne Sofie is forced to make a defining decision.

Good Mothers is a gripping tale of the price of ambition, the power of deception, and the lengths to which parents will go for their children.

The film is produced by Louise Vesth of Zentropa Entertainment, in co-production with Lizette Jonjic of the Gothenburg-based company Zentropa Sweden, Topkapi Films, and Film i Väst, with support from the Danish Film Institute and the Netherlands Film Fund, in collaboration with DR, SVT, and September Film, and with development support from the EU.