The Copenhagen Trilogy

The Copenhagen Trilogy shows the painfully honest story of Tove Ditlevsen: an unflinching writer who became famous for her deeply personal, masterful novels about her own life. The life of a girl growing up in a poor neighbourhood in Copenhagen, with ambitions far greater than her background seemed to allow. And later, the life of a public figure pushing at the boundaries of her time and facing constant criticism from a society not ready for her voice – for her perseverance, her willingness to swim against the current, and her uncompromising insistence on forging her own path.At the same time, her insatiable hunger for life pulls her towards the darker sides of being human. Throughout her adult life, Tove struggles with addiction and her mental health. Her longing for individuality, for love, for becoming someone, slowly transforms her into a person she no longer recognises. Her longing and her fame ultimately become her downfall.Tove Ditlevsen was a mother, a wife, a writer and an addict. As dangerous as she was brilliant. She was an insecure doubter and a shameless boor. She was painfully honest. Tove Ditlevsen was a radical artist.