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‘Brave New Love’ Dives Into Lust, Infidelity, Motherhood, Shame and Societal Norms (Exclusive Clip)
The Locarno Film Festival will host the world premiere of "Brave New Love," a new feature from writer-director Maria Bäck exploring infidelity, motherhood and the unspoken rules attached to love. The film follows Kate, a hypnotherapist who appears happily married to husband Orla while secretly maintaining a romantic relationship with another man, Andreas, forcing her to confront the unravelling of her double life while acting as a role model to her young daughter.
The film stars Kathrine Thorborg Johansen as Kate, Simon Sears as Orla, and Anders Danielsen Lie as Andreas, with Noemi Carbone Mannov and Angeliki Papoulia also featured. It will screen in the international competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, premiering on 9 August, with Bäck describing her aim to examine "absurd" societal expectations around love through wit and sensuality; The Hollywood Reporter has released an exclusive clip ahead of the premiere.
In short
- "Brave New Love" premieres at Locarno Film Festival on 9 August
- Film explores a hypnotherapist's secret affair alongside her marriage
- Directed by Maria Bäck; stars Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Anders Danielsen Lie
Explained simply
"Brave New Love" is a new feature film that explores what happens when a woman's secret romantic life collides with her public image as a devoted wife and mother. The film follows Kate, a hypnotherapist who is married to Orla but is also conducting a hidden relationship with another man, Andreas, and must navigate the consequences as her double life threatens to unravel.
The film examines how societal expectations about love, fidelity and motherhood create pressures and contradictions in people's lives. Director Maria Bäck has set out to explore these themes through wit and sensuality, questioning what she describes as "absurd" rules around how people should love and behave in relationships.
The film is premiering at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, one of Europe's major film festivals, where it will compete in the international competition section. It stars Kathrine Thorborg Johansen as Kate, alongside Simon Sears and Anders Danielsen Lie in key roles.