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The ripples from a breakup radiate outward from the room where a married couple once loved each other, and a bizarre Lonely Hearts ad sets off a train of tragicomic events that leads to an inevitable conclusion. Vilhelm's Room, Tove Ditlevsen's final novel—published a year before her untimely death in 1976—is a powerful conclusion to an extraordinary life as a poet, novelist, and memoirist: a blackly funny and devastating tour de force that pulses with life even as it journeys toward death.

Tres señores aristócratas están jugando un juego de mesa. De lejos, miran a un padre pobre con muchos hijos. Los señores deciden apostar a quién de ellos será el elegido para ser el padrino del hijo recién nacido del pobre hombre y así ayudarle llevar su carga. Sin embargo, los hombres...

Llaman a la puerta de la casa donde viven tres hermanas. Se les ha dicho que nunca abran la puerta a extraños, pero quizá esta vez hacerlo no sea tan malo, ya que es solo una persona pobre que pide un poco de comida. ¿O no lo es acaso? Una por una, las hermanas van desapareciendo sin dejar...

Un sastre y un orfebre salen de excursión. Es tarde, quieren irse a casa, pero escuchan un sonido desde una de las colinas. Tonos que se vuelven más y más fuertes y se convierten en música dulce. El sastre y el orfebre siguen la música y descubren un grupo de personitas. Se divierten con...

Este es el cuento clásico de Caperucita Roja: la historia de una niña que viste una capa roja y se dirige a visitar a su abuela enferma. De camino, decide recoger unas flores para su abuela. Conoce al encantador y elocuente lobo, que está más que feliz de acompañarla...

A dying miller wants to ensure that his daughter finds a husband who will protect her after he's gone. Suitor after suitor visit the mill to ask for her hand, but none are accepted. Except for a charming man who lives in a large estate deep in the forest. When the girl is invited to visit him...

Three aristocratic gentlemen are playing a board game. From a distance, they look at a poor father with many children. The lords decide to bet on who of them shall be chosen to be the godfather of the poor man's newborn son and thus help the father carry his burden. However, the men are not the...

A miller works hard everyday to provide for his family. Then, one day, a gentleman with black eyes visits him and offers an unexpected opportunity for wealth. The gentleman will take care of all the miller's worries on one condition: that he gets what is behind the mill. That old apple tree, the...

Hansel and Gretel live in poverty on the edge of the forest. Their family is very poor. One day, their parents realise that they will not be able to feed themselves or their children so they make an unforgivable decision: they abandon their children far out in the woods, so that they will never...

Hannah is young and beautiful, but the part about being beautiful, she doesn't quite believe. And she's stuck in Denmark. The plan had been to move to England and study. Instead, she has moved back in with her parents to take care of her sick father who has had a stroke. Hannah works in the...

This is the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood - the story about a little girl who wears a red cloak, on her way to visit her ill grandmother. On her way, she decides to pick some flowers for her grandma. She meets the charming and well spoken wolf, who is more than happy to accompany...

Rapunzel is held captive in a deserted forest, high up in a tower without stairs. A witch has made sure she will never get out of there, thanks to an agreement her father made to save Rapunzel's life. But one day a young prince sees Rapunzel sitting in the tower window, and manages to reach her...

This is the tale of an overconfident and foolhardy boy who tries everything he can think of to frighten himself. Nothing seems to scare him and the boy begins to doubt whether he is capable of experiencing fear at...

Un molinero moribundo quiere asegurarse de que su hija encuentre un marido que la proteja después de que él se haya ido. Pretendiente tras pretendiente visitan el molino para pedir su mano, pero ninguno es aceptado. Excepto por un hombre encantador que vive en una gran finca en lo profundo del...

In a desolate coastal area in Northern Sweden, the cruise ship, Ocean Gala, is docked whilst carrying 1,800 asylum seekers. Far-right groups are gathering on the dock to protest against the floating refugee camp and as a brutal home invader begins to roam the area, the local Chief of Police...

Un molinero trabaja duro todos los días para mantener a su familia. Entonces, un día, un caballero de ojos negros lo visita y le ofrece una oportunidad inesperada de riqueza. El caballero se encargará de todas las preocupaciones del molinero con una condición: que se quede con lo que hay...

Rapunzel está cautiva en un bosque desierto, en lo alto de una torre sin escaleras. Una bruja se ha asegurado de que nunca saldrá de allí, gracias a un acuerdo que hizo su padre para salvar la vida de Rapunzel. Pero un día, un joven príncipe ve a Rapunzel sentada en la ventana de la torre y...

Esta es la historia de tres hermanos y su búsqueda de fama y gloria. Cuando un enorme jabalí causa terror en los bosques que rodean el castillo del rey, los hermanos deciden cazarlo y matarlo. Si tienen éxito, obtendrán la recompensa prometida por el rey: la mano de la princesa. Pero no todo...

There is a knock on the door of the home where three sisters live. They have been told never to open the door to strangers – but maybe it's not so bad this time as it's just a poor person asking for a bit of food? Or is it? One by one, the sisters disappear without a trace and wake up in a...

A tailor and a jeweler are out hiking. It's late, they want to go home, but they hear a sound from one of the hills. Tones that get stronger and stronger, and turn into sweet music. The tailor and the jeweler follow the music and discover a group of little people. They party with them all night...