It’s February and it’s the love month. What better way to
celebrate this month is to feature some essential movies about love. And most
usually, when one defines love, one is talking about tragedy. These are the
basic elements of the 2012 Danish film A
Royal Affair (En kongelig affære).
Set in Denmark in the 18th century, when principles of the
Enlightenment gently crept into Europe, the movie traces the cunning rise into
power and bitter downfall of German doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee in the
courts of young King Christian VII. The movie opens with the leading lady Queen
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain showing a letter to her children and
confessing to them a dark truth. The movie then rewinds to the start of this
tragic history.
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The queen arrives in Denmark for a royal marraige but soon discovers
that her king is mentally deranged and that his Privy Council actually heads
the country. The king dislikes their marriage, and instead, he suddenly decides
to tour Europe. The court then hires Struensee as his personal physician.
Played by Danish superstar Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen, Struensee is
portrayed as a man of mystery. It was a period of Enlightenment, but here comes
a man who kept his secret fancy to the writings of Voltaire and Rousseau from
the state. Here comes a sexy and foxy man, with looks and intelligence that
sometimes can be that lethal.
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For in a pivotal twists of events, Struensee and Queen Caroline falls ”in
love” on each other. For each has dangerous longings, a desire that only the
other can satisfy. The queen experiences love and lust beyond her control, and
soon becomes pregnant. The doctor experiences power and control as he pursuades
the king to assign him the right to pass any law, and soon gets trapped into a
web of politics and intrigues.
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