The Girl King

Having become regent as a young girl following the death of her father, Kristina proves to be a rebel and, in her adolescence, flounders between gender roles and first loves through the intrigues at court. In the absence of a male heir to the throne, she is brought up as a boy and only sheds this role model as a female lover, which leads to conflicts in her environment.


Kristina later converted to Catholicism, rode (!) to Rome and was able to lead a life as a patron of the arts there. On January 8, 1671, she opened the Teatro Tor di nona, the city's first public theater, where women also acted or sang, unlike was customary at the time.

• Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
  
• With Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist and many more.
  
• 106 min, co-production Finland, CAN, S, FR, D 2015
  
• As geust Mika Kaurismäki
  
• German