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La Reina Infiel Película FICHA TÉCNICA La reina infiel Película Título original: En kongelig affære; A Royal Affair (En inglés) Un asunto real (España); La Reina Infiel (Hispanoamérica). Dirección: Nikolaj Arcel Guion: Nikolaj Arcel y Rasmus Heisterberg (basado en la novela de Bodil Steensen-Leth). Producción: Meta Louise Foldager, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Louise Vesth Música: Gabriel Yared, Cyrille Aufort Fotografía: Rasmus Videbæk Montaje: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Kasper Leick País: Dinamarca Año: 2012 Género: Drama, cine histórico, cine romántico. Duración: 137 minutos Idioma: Danés Reparto: Mads Mikkelsen (Johann Friedrich Struensee), Alicia Vikander (Carolina Matilde de Gran Bretaña), Mikkel Følsgaard (Cristián VII de Dinamarca), David Dencik (Ove Høegh-Guldberg), Søren Malling (Hartmann), Trine Dyrholm (Juliana María de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel), William Jøhnk Nielsen (Federico VI de Dinamarca), Cyron Bjørn Melville (Enevold Brandt), Rosalinde Mynster (Natasha), Laura Bro (Louise von Plessen), Bent Mejding (J.H.E. Bernstorff), Thomas W. Gabrielsson (Schack Carl Rantzau), Søren Spanning (Münster), John Martinus (Ditlev Reventlow), Erika Guntherová (dama de honor), Harriet Walter (Augusta de Sajonia-Gotha), Klaus Tange (el Ministro). Premios: 2012: Oscar: nominada a la mejor película de habla no inglesa. 2012: Globos de Oro: nominada a mejor película de habla no inglesa. 2012: Festival de Berlín: 2 Osos de Plata: Mejor actor (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) y guión. 2012: Premios César: Nominada a Mejor película extranjera. 2012: Festival de Toronto: Nominada al Premio del Público (Mejor película). 2012: Festival de Sevilla: Sección oficial largometrajes a concurso. 2012: Premios del Cine Europeo: 2 nominaciones: mejor música y diseño de producción. 2012: Satellite Awards: Mejor vestuario. 3 nominaciones. Sinopsis: Para Carolina Matilde (Alicia Vikander), casada siendo una adolescente con el rey de Dinamarca Christian VII, es un horror vivir con un marido ciclotímico y estrafalario quien propone medidas como nombrar a su perro miembro honorario del Consejo de Estado, o que circulen en Copenhague por la noche carruajes vacíos para recoger a los borrachos. Así las cosas, Carolina se rinde a los encantos del médico personal del rey, un intelectual progresista (Mads Mikkelsen) quien se verá dividido entre su lealtad al monarca, su amor a la reina y su oportunidad de convertir una Dinamarca aún medieval en un país ilustrado. 1 Federación Internacional de Mujeres Universitarias Federación Mexicana de Universitarias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Museo de la Mujer Bolivia 17 Centro Histórico, Ciudad de México. Cine-Club de Género, 22 de noviembre de 2016 La reina infiel Mtra. Delia Selene de Dios Vallejo♣♥ La corte del Rey Cristian VII de Dinamarca está desesperada. Es 1768 y el rey plagado por los problemas de su mente se vuelve cada vez más errático. A sus asesores no les queda más que solicitar un médico de cabecera para que les ayude a solucionar ese problema. Distinguidos doctores de cabellos blancos e ilustres linajes esperan la audiencia real, pero entre ellos se destaca uno más joven y plebeyo: Johann Friedrich Struensee, un médico de pueblo a quien dos nobles acercan a esta instancia con el único objetivo de volver a la corte del rey. Struensee consigue el trabajo de médico real y con el tiempo la positiva relación se transforma en amistad y más tarde le permite al ambicioso doctor convertirse en asesor en temas de salubridad, gracias a meses de trabajo en los cuales ha atendido las locuras del rey como si fueran lo más normal del mundo, a seguir y consentir todas las pasiones del monarca aplacando así su naturaleza desvergonzada y desinteresada por su papel de gobernante. La importancia de Struensee en la vida del rey se vuelve tan intensa que además de tratarlo a él es llamado también a ser el médico personal de la reina y luego –alentado por ella– se ve impelido a influir y a imbuir al rey con las novedosas ideas de la Ilustración, a las que el gobierno de Dinamarca se había resistido debido a sus creencias religiosas. Es allí, en el choque entre la manipulación del rey, la renovación de las leyes y la horrible oposición a la modernidad, que Struensse pasará de ser un simple idealista al enemigo público número uno. ♣ Catedrática de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales-UNAM *Secretaria General de la Unión Nacional de Mujeres Mexicanas Asociación Civil. ♥ Se agradece el apoyo de las licenciadas: Eva Calderón, Eurídice Román de Dios, Adriana Romo Sotres, Pamela Jiménez Romo y Rosalinda Cuéllar Celis. 2 Las desventuras del sencillo médico convertido en mártir de la libertad son el centro de la narración de La reina infiel. La historia tiene fama en Dinamarca y su relato es tan conocido en ese país que ya ha pasado a ser fábula que se enseña en las escuelas. Como cualquier otra figura eminente de la Edad de la Razón, Struensee era un hombre de mil oficios, tanto un reconocido médico como político, un filósofo y también un mujeriego. Es decir, sabía aprovechar todas las oportunidades que la vida le ofrecía. Su perfil como amante, luchador, intelectual y conspirador es el retrato que emerge en el filme dirigido por Nikolaj Arcel, quien en sus trabajos anteriores se ha destacado como guionista de Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres (Män som hatar kvinnor, 2009), de la trilogía Milennium, pero en su versión sueca original. El filme cuenta también con Lars von Trier como coproductor ejecutivo y supervisor del guion, alejado sorprendentemente de los terrenos en los que acostumbra moverse; y tal vez, gracias a su influjo, el filme ha podido destacarse como una película de época que nos muestra los dolores que una sociedad debe sufrir para alcanzar la madurez pero, sobre todo, nos habla sobre la resistencia al cambio que siempre experimentan las altas cúpulas del poder. El filme llama la atención porque enaltece los elementos más clásicos del género: una excelente ambientación, hermosa fotografía y maravillosa puesta en escena. Y además de adaptar este reconocido capítulo de la historia danesa, se perfila como una crónica certera de las luchas por el poder, anclada sobre la secreta relación pasional entre la joven reina –Carolina Mathilde de Hannover (Alicia Vikander), la princesa de Gales obligada a este matrimonio arreglado– y el asesor más amado de su esposo. Al mismo tiempo suma a toda su hermosura y perfecta realización tres espléndidas actuaciones de los actores principales: el siempre sólido Mads Mikkelsen, un rostro representativo del cine danés de la última década, y que en el Festival de Cine de Cannes de 2012 se hizo acreedor a la Palma de oro a la interpretación masculina, por una película que también se vio hace poco: La cacería (Jagten, 2012), de Thomas Vinterberg. Mikkelsen se ha convertido en la mejor parte de las películas en las que actúa. Su habilidad para demostrar sentimientos muy encontrados, o para representar a alguien con una moral debilitada, es apenas visible en su cara y sin embargo muy fácil de leer en sus actuaciones. Esta destreza es sobre todo patente en el momento cumbre de la cinta, cuando a segundos de saber su destino se desmorona completamente.1 Los acontecimientos en los que se basa La reina infiel valen la pena conocerse simplemente por su importancia histórica. En la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII, la princesa Caroline Mathilde de Gran Bretaña se casó con el rey Christian VII de Dinamarca y, desdeñada por su marido −un gobernante ineficiente quien padecía 1 http://kinetoscopio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=166 3 de un trastorno mental−, la joven terminó envuelta en un romance con el médico real, Johann Friedrich Struensee, quien no sólo ejerció como regente del país, sino que además era un amigo íntimo del rey. A simple vista parece poseer el tipo de ingredientes que un productor de televisión aprovecharía para hacer una telenovela trillada, pero el triángulo amoroso entre estas personas no sólo resultó ser el material adecuado para una película multipremiada alrededor del mundo, sino que fue determinante para delimitar el desarrollo de un país entero, en una época en donde la sociedad occidental se apresuraba cada vez más hacia la modernidad. La película inicia con un prólogo que sitúa al espectador en el apogeo de la Ilustración. Los humanistas como Voltaire, Montesquieu y Rousseau comenzaron una revolución intelectual en Europa la cual enaltecía los derechos del individuo, y esto influyó en el pensamiento de la gente de tal manera que, como ya sabemos, culminó con diversos levantamientos en contra de la tiranía, de entre los cuales el más relevante fue la Revolución francesa. Pero las ideas de la Ilustración no solo cambiaron la mentalidad del pueblo, sino que afectaron también a personas de la nobleza, Caroline Mathilde fue una de ellas. La futura reina de Dinamarca −interpretada por la sueca de mirada taciturna, Alicia Vikander− aparece en esta primera parte de la cinta como una princesa soñadora. Ha esperado toda su vida para ser feliz por siempre al lado de un hombre perfecto, pero su descripción de la situación no suena muy alentadora, pues además de abandonar su hogar por un país ajeno, se encuentra casada con una persona a quien no ha conocido aún. Eso no le ha impedido soñar con que el hombre que la espera en Dinamarca sea su príncipe azul. En la vida real, el rey Jorge III de Inglaterra estaba tan ansioso por juntar a su hermana con Christian VII que ni siquiera se llegó a enterar de las excentricidades del monarca, a quien muchos simplemente percibían como un loco. Caroline se entera de su triste realidad de la peor forma: viviéndola en carne propia. Su primer día al lado de Christian VII (Folsgaard) es desagradable y molesto, pues el monarca, se porta como un niño, no parece sentirse atraído hacia Caroline, y es más evidente el cariño hacia su perro que hacia su nueva esposa.
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