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'The Girl King is a traditional epic.....what breaks the mold is the character of Christina, her aplomb, her very masculine energy, her tomboy outfits, her intellectual curiosity, her exchanges with Descartes and the fact that her bold, challenging thinking is actually the heart of the story.'
- La Presse

"The Girl King is beautiful… the chemistry between the two women is spot on." 
-After Ellen

Best Actress Award - Malin Buska, 2015 Montreal Film Festival
Audience Award, 2015 Montreal Film Festival

Wolfe Video Presents
THE GIRL KING
A film by Mika Kaurismäki

An international production written by award-winning Canadian writer Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom at the Farm, Lilies), THE GIRL KING tells the story of one of the most iconic queens in history, Queen Christina of Sweden. Crowned Queen in 1632 at the age of six and raised as a prince, Queen Christina was a brilliant yet enigmatic young leader who fought conservative forces to revolutionize Sweden while falling in love with her lady-in-waiting and exploring her awakening sexuality. Torn between conflicts of political, religious, and personal aspirations, Christina made one of the most controversial choices in history.

While epic in story, Kaurismäki has imbued the film with psychological intensity to tell the story of one of one of the most fascinating female leaders in recorded history. "THE GIRL KING is not intended as a traditional costume piece but as an intense, actor-centered psychological drama about one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities of all time," Kaurismäki explains. "Queen Kristina was a revolutionary free thinker, a connoisseur of art and science, a precursor of the feminist movement and a strong and visionary politician, a new European. But at the same time she was a confused, restless, eccentric and isolated young woman."

Lead actress Malin Buska gives an electric lead performance, and the acclaimed international ensemble cast includes Sarah Gadon (Belle, Enemy, Cosmopolis, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Dracula Untold), Michael Nyqvist (Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Lucas Bryant (Haven, The Vow), Laura Birn (Purge, Inner Trial) and Martina Gedeck (Night Train to Lisbon, The Nun, The Lives of Others).

THE GIRL KING debuts on 12/8 on DVD via Wolfe Video and many major retailers, and across all digital platforms including iTunes, Vimeo On Demand, and WolfeOnDemand.com. Also opening theatrically in select cities on Friday, December 4th.


SYNOPSIS:

This 17th-century drama recounts the life of Sweden's Queen Kristina, an enigmatic, flamboyant, and unpredictable woman centuries ahead of her time who ascended the throne at age six, was raised as a prince, and strived to bring peace and education to her country—while pursuing an illicit romance with her female royal attendant. Growing up as a tomboy with a strong intellectual appetite, young Kristina (an electric Malin Buska) finds herself thrown into a political frenzy as a teenager. Saddled with the Thirty Years War between Protestants and Catholics, Kristina steers her country away from the conservatives while privately grappling with her own sexual awakening, in the form of Countess Ebba Sparre (the radiant Sarah Gadon), her lovely lady-in-waiting. Her quest to understand love runs parallel with her quest to understand humanity and the violent and restrictive forces conspiring against her. Torn between the conflict of political and personal aspirations, Kristina chooses to make one of the most controversial decisions in history. 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Finnish born, Brazilian-based filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki burst onto the international art house scene in 1980 with his debut feature The Liar. It marked the beginning of the cinema of the Kaurismäki brothers and started a new era in Finnish cinema. Since then he has made over 30 international feature films and documentaries across many genres and language, including Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991), Three Wise Men (2008) and Road North (2012), and the recent Finnish comedy Homecoming (2015).  He has worked with a variety of top European and American talent, including Julie Delpy, Johnny Depp, Robert Davi, Jürgen Prochnow and Henry Thomas. Kaurismäki, together with his acclaimed filmmaker brother Aki, founded the production company Villealfa Filmproductions, a haven for creative filmmaking in Europe.

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WolfeOnDemand.com is the global LGBT digital movie platform from LGBT specialty distributor Wolfe Video. The service showcases more than one hundred titles — features and documentaries — including popular favorites and hits like I Am DivineThe CircleGetting GoUndertow and many more. Most titles are available in HD and are priced at US $3.99 for streaming rentals and US $14.99 for digital download to own. Most of the films are available worldwide and are all also available on DVD directly from WolfeVideo.com for US viewers.

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The Girl King Final US Trailer - Posted Dec 8, 2015

The Girl King Final US Trailer from Wolfe Video on Vimeo.

 

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