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“The main character, Karoline, is struggling to find a better life. But what is the right way of doing so? A cold world creates cold methods and Karoline’s moral compass easily loses direction. The good looks bad and vice versa. We follow Karoline on a journey trying to escape poverty, where she learns that it is easy to flirt with the devil but it takes a big effort to love. With her husband missing in action after the war, she experiences a humiliating romance that leads to an unwanted pregnancy. For a woman like Karoline, life becomes a living hell – and with this film I wanted to explore if it is possible to be good in hell.” (Magnus von Horn)

Magnus von Horn (Göteborg, 1983) has lived in Poland for almost twenty years. He is a graduate of the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz, where he is currently also a teacher. As early as his short films, it was clear he had established himself internationally as a promising director, presenting films at festivals such as Sundance and Locarno. His feature film debut, The Here After, was in Swedish and premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2015 and earned him the Swedish Guldbagge Award for best director and best film, among others. He chose Polish as the language for his second feature film, Sweat, which was selected for numerous festivals and won awards at several, including Chicago and Trieste.