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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary An enigmatic young woman in conflict - torn between reason and passion; between her woman's body and being raised as a prince; between the ancient and modern worlds and between the brilliance of her educated mind and the conservative forces around her. Crowned Queen at the age of six, Kristina of Sweden was thrust into a labyrinth of pow...

Directed By: Mika Kaurismäki

Written By: Michel Marc Bouchard, Linda Gaboriau

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m

The Girl King

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary An enigmatic young woman in conflict - torn between reason and passion; between her woman's body and being raised as a prince; between the ancient and modern worlds and between the brilliance of her educated mind and the conservative forces around her. Crowned Queen at the age of six, Kristina of Sweden was thrust into a labyrinth of pow...

Directed By: Mika Kaurismäki

Written By: Michel Marc Bouchard, Linda Gaboriau

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Mixed
6 Reviews
14% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Mixed
6 Reviews
14% Negative
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60
Dec 3, 2015
The greatest appeal of The Girl King lies in the fascinating historical character and the formidable actress portraying her.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 22, 2016
Malin Buska – the Swedish Kirsten Dunst? – is highly watchable as the Descartes-loving ruler, but Canada’s Sarah Gadon as the sheet-warming lady-in-waiting is given little to do but look naive and dumbstruck.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 18, 2016
It’s hectic, unsubtle, borderline cartoonish.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 18, 2016
Reclaiming Kristina as an icon of queer liberation and female empowerment is a worthwhile premise, but sadly the finished film is a stodgy multinational pudding that fails to give this concept wings.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 18, 2016
This plumply preposterous film from director Mika Kaurismäki (brother of Aki) is an unconvincing and solemn account of the controversially mannish Queen Kristina and her secret sapphic yearnings in 17th-century Sweden.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 18, 2016
The attempt to make an intimate, multi-stranded story out of this royal episode is appreciated, especially given its subplots which effectively compare with Kristina's own struggle between independence and duty, but the gripping central performances lack a proper foundation.
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Jul 18, 2016
This is bland, shallow and totally unconvincing, veering between cartoonish overstatement and outright tedium.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Marianna Films, Triptych Media, Starhaus Filmproduktion, Galafilm Productions, Anagram, Téléfilm Canada, Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, Council of Europe, West Finland Film Commission, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), SODEC Québec, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), The Harold Greenberg Fund, Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC), Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Movie Central, Yleisradio (YLE), The Movie Network, Super Ecran, Sveriges Television (SVT), Technicolor, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), ARTE
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The woman who was king
Website https://www.starhaus.de/de/sth_filmarchiv.php?open=1&news=49&pos=5
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Awards

Montréal World Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Jussi Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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