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‘Unruly’ Helmer Malou Reymann Probes Dark Chapter in Denmark’s History
21.09.2022 - 09:19 / variety.com
Alissa Simon Film Critic Danish director-writer Malou Reymann’s sophomore feature, “Unruly,” premiered in the Toronto festival, and is an affecting drama set in the 1930s about a rebellious teen forced into an institution, the real-life Sprogø Women’s Home. At a time when women’s control of their bodies is under attack, your film carries a special resonance. Is what took place at the Kellersk Institute on Sprogø island widely known in Denmark? Among young people, very few know about the Sprogø Women’s Home and the whole historical context. And they are angry that this wasn’t something taught in school. The whole political aspect of the sterilization laws is not something people know about. Denmark was actually the first European country to make eugenic-based sterilization laws, so when Nazi Germany made their laws they looked to the Danish laws. It all came from trying to control the gene pool of society. And it was developed at the same time as the welfare system, so the concept was that if the state needs to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves, then we need to reduce the number of people who can’t take care of themselves.
Everything looks quite historically accurate. What kind of research did you do? There’s an amazing book by Birgit Kirkebæk about the Sprogø Women’s Home, where she analyses the journals of the first 18 women admitted to Sprogø. This book was really our bible while Sara Jønsson and I wrote the script. But we also went to the national archives to read letters from the doctor and head mistress and some from the women. We didn’t shoot on the actual island of Sprogø, but I went there a few times. There’s one room that still remains: the “reflection” room. It has scratch marks on
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