There is a legend in Greenland about the sun and the moon that pursues him, which is the subject of this film by Jeppe Ronde, which is based on real memories.

The film is full of symbolism, a beautiful landscape in rural Denmark, a religious sect (New Age Christian community), a house with a corridor and many doors, a church, crosses, sheep, communal baths, healing practices called “mirroring” that refer to reenactments of past experiences… invisible flowers and invisible balls to play with.

The story introduces a group of believers all connected with each other with a collective responsibility in what they say and do.  The project is in charge of Kirsten (Ann Eleonora Jorgensen), a psychologist. It is said in the community that words are not important but shared feelings. Kirsten is the authority and has the support of the members of her community.  God is present through the collective unconscious. There are rules; one of them is to say the truth,  and another is not to judge.

Hanna (Cecilie Lassen) is the protagonist; she is there because of a trauma in her childhood related to her drug addict father and her younger brother.  At the beginning of the film we see her during a ceremony, in trance, and nearly fainting.  There is solidarity among the group and Hanna interactions, and she has close encounters with some, befriends everybody and likes children, specially Miilu (Miilu Lindberg Boassen) with whom she is dearly attached.   

Kirsten asks Hanna to prepare a room for a bricklayer visitor that will help in the church,  his name is Jakob, from the moment he arrives Hannas behavior changes.   As days go by we learn he is Hanna´s younger brother,  he is looking for her to ask why she left him years ago, and in between, he is defying the way things are done in the community. 

The Film questions boundaries and its limits, asking if there are boundaries in love. Acts of Love is a movie with many layers and an epilogue that is both interesting to watch and think about, since memory is always subjective.  The camera work and director’s decisions on past and present during the reenactments are resourceful for the complex drama. 

9/10