Empire

(2023)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, History

Year: 2023

Runtime: 93 мин

Country: Denmark, Spain

Director: Frederikke Aspöck

Cast: Anna Neye Poulsen, Sara Fanta Traore, Claus Riis Østergaard, Jesper Groth, Tyler Errol Murray, Caroline Henderson, James L. Sampson, Søs Sif Thiele, Jesper Asholt, Anders Brink Madsen

Plot

As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.