The Venus Effect
2021 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 6.6
A young woman working in her family’s greengrocer business unexpectedly falls for an older, free-spirited visitor who’s hiding her heartbreak at a relative’s apple plantation. The romance sparks tensions at home and among friends, pushing her to question who she is and what family can look like.
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Details
- Original title
- Venuseffekten
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-11-18
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 105 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (14 votes)
About
If you enjoy romantic comedies that mix sweetness with family conflict and self-discovery, this may click, especially if you liked Sublet or Single All the Way; Not for you if you want purely light, consequence-free romance.
Pros: tender romantic comedy; family tension stakes; identity-search themes | Cons: heavier emotional turns; relationship strain focus; bittersweet tone
Themes
- coming out
- identity crisis
- lesbian relationship
- twenty something
- woman director
- lesbian
Cast & crew
Johanne Milland
as Liv
Josephine Park
as Andrea
Anne Sofie Wanstrup
as Nynne
Lars Mikkelsen
as Klaus
Sofie Gråbøl
as Gitte
Morten Hee Andersen
as Jonas
Jeanett Albeck
as Julie F
Karoline Brygmann
as Julie P
Olivia Joof Lewerissa
as Anna
Camilla Lau
as Dina
Directed by Anna Emma Haudal
Created by Marie Limkilde