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THE SECRET WOMAN – Review by Susan Granger

September 3, 2026September 6, 2026 Susan Granger Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg, claes bang, danish films, Natalie Wolfsberg Madueno, netflix, Pal Sverre Hagen, The Secret Woman, thriller

Netflix’s intriguing Danish psychological thriller The Secret Woman introduces a lady with amnesia who learns that she’s not only a missing heiress but also married and the mother of a young son. The story begins in Denmark as an adult female is climbing over the railing of a huge bridge with someone in pursuit; terrified, she jumps off, just as a cargo ship passes below. Cut to: Louise Andersen who runs a small café on the idyllic Norwegian island of Hidra with her novelist fiancé Joachim. Their peaceful life is shattered when a stranger appears, insisting that her real name is Helene, not Louise.

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FOOD CLUB – Review by Lois Alter Mark

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Lois Alter Mark Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg, danish films, food club, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Kirsten Oleson, Stina Ekblad

If we weren’t grounded at home because of a pandemic and if we hadn’t all become smitten with Stanley Tucci during our weekly trips to Italy with him, I might have just written off Food Club. But we are and we have, and you could do worse than spend an hour and a half with these middle-aged Danish gal pals as they drown their sorrows at a cooking retreat in Puglia.