Marie Krøyer Trailer (2012)

Trailer for Marie Kroyer.

She is the beautiful wife of one of Denmark’s most famous artists, the widely admired subject of many of his paintings, yet Marie Krøyer sorrowfully confides to her best friend that her life is “a living hell.” Her admission comes about a third of the way into this biographical drama, based on Marie’s heartbreaking love losses. From the couple’s strolls along the beaches of Denmark’s northernmost promontory, to art openings packed with an adoring public, director Billie August presents the facade Marie shows to the world. We witness idyllic scenes interspersed with ones of Marie hopefully enduring her husband’s wild mood swings and his ultimate descent into mental illness.