Honeytrap

Acclaimed Academy Award-nominated director Lone Scherfig to direct romantic spy thriller "Honeytrap" with Zentropa. With "Honeytrap" Scherfig returns to Scandinavian cinema and presents a thrilling espionage drama set in Sweden about seduction, deception and innocently optimistic love in the shadow of the Cold War.

Synopsis

1968. Stockholm is buzzing with vitality and optimism for the future. Max is everything Inger has ever dreamed of – travelled and irresistibly charming. She falls intensely in love. But beneath the passion lures deception: Max is a Stasi “Romeo” agent, deployed to seduce Inger to extract sensitive information about the Swedish company she works for. What begins as an operation, spirals out of control when Max genuinely falls in love with Inger, leaving the entire mission – and their lives – at stake.

Production Facts

Director & scriptwriter: Lone Scherfig
Producer: Lizette Jonjic

Produced by Lizette Jonjic for Zentropa Sweden AB, in collaboration with producer Rebecka Hamberger, co-producers Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Charlotte Hjordt and Solmz Azizi in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa Entertainments5 ApS and Zentropa Berlin GmbH with support from Swedish Film Institute and DR/Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Nordic distribution in collaboration with Nordisk Film Distribution. TrustNordisk handles international sales.

"Honeytrap" is based on an idea by Pelle Rådström.