Loving Adults is a thriller filled with twists and turns, and where nothing is what it seems to be. It appears that Christian (Dar Salim) and Leonora (Sonja Richter) have it all. They are living the perfect life with their son, who’s just been declared healthy after a long-term severe illness. Their future finally seems bright, but at a party at Christian’s entrepreneur company, Leonora sees her husband with a younger woman, the architect Xenia (Sus Wilkins). Leonora realises that Christian might leave her. How could he? How could he leave the woman who has sacrificed her career? The woman who has sacrificed everything to take care of their son and their family? On the spot Leonora makes a decision: She refuses to be the woman who got left behind - by all means necessary. 

Additional cast includes Sus Wilkins (Perfect Places, Below the Surface), Mikael Birkkjær (Borgen, The Killing), Lars Ranthe (Another Round, The Chestnut Man), Morten Burian (Speak No Evil, Ride Upon the Storm, Follow the Money), Benjamin Kitter (A Fortunate Man), Karoline Hamm (Equinox) and Natalï Vallespir Sand (The Protectors).

The acclaimed Danish director Barbara Rothenborg will direct the film. She has previously directed films such as The Food Club (2020) and One-two-three now! (2016) as well as the TV series White Sand (2021) and Sjit Happens (2013-2015). She started her career as the leading actress in the awarded Danish children’s TV series Nana (1988). 

“To me, Loving Adults is a dark and twisted, thrilling yet sexy film about what terrible things we men and women can end up doing to each other, if pushed too far... It’s about the very thin line between love and hate - and how jealousy and bitterness can bring out the worst in all of us. A subject matter I've always found extremely fascinating, and with my sensibility and visual style, and my general love for the genre, together with this amazing cast I cannot wait to bring this chilling story to life”, says Barbara Rothenborg, director.

“We are thrilled to expand our growing Nordic film slate together with our longtime partners at SF Studios. With an unpredictable and fascinating story about love, jealousy and sacrifice and a team of some of Denmark’s most prominent talents led by Barbara Rothenborg and her unique visual style, we are confident that our members will be gripped by our first Danish language feature film” says Lina Brouneus, director co-production & acquisition EMEA at Netflix.

Loving Adults is produced by SF Studios and producer Marcella Dichmann. SF Studios has also produced the recently released Netflix original series Snabba Cash and the first Swedish Netflix film Red Dot that have been well received by international media and audiences.

“There are a lot of reasons why I am super excited to do this project. First off, I simply love the script for Loving Adults. Secondly, it feels amazing to produce the first Danish language feature film for our long-term partners at Netflix”, says Marcella Dichmann, producer at SF Studios.

The shooting will take place on the Danish island Fyn, including the city of Middelfart.

“We are really happy that we got the opportunity to contribute to the first Danish Netflix feature film, and that our headquarters sets the stage for this really exciting project. Middelfart is the starting point for the entire global USTC group. This is where we belong, and therefore we have with great local pride entered the film project, which we hope can help put Middelfart on the film map”, says Torben Østergaard-Nielsen, owner and founder of the USTC group.

The film will broadcast at TV 2 at a later stage.

“There is a rapid development in the market right now and so it is relevant for us to be part of the process of testing new forms of distribution. In Denmark, we don’t have the strong tradition for the television film that they do in other countries, however, this set up is very interesting for us at TV 2 – especially with the strong partners at SF Studios and Netflix, with whom we have shared a great collaboration on Rita”, says Katrine Vogelsang, Head of fiction, TV 2.

Loving Adults recently started production and will release globally on Netflix in 2022. 

Creative team:
Based on: Kærlighed for voksne by Anna Ekberg
Director: Barbara Rothenborg
Scriptwriters: Jacob Weinreich and Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Director of Photography: Philippe Kress
Production designer: Mette Rio
Producer: Marcella Dichmann

For more information, please contact: 
Marcella Dichmann, Producer, SF Studios, marcella@sfstudios.dk, +45 26 83 30 39 
Malin Strihagen, VP Brand & Communications, SF Studios, malin.strihagen@sfstudios.se, +46 70 780 39 35 

About SF Studios
SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the streaming service SF Anytime. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About Netflix
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