2023-09-07 06:58:17
In 2011, the Danish Birgitte Nyborg (charismatic Sidse B. Knudsen) set out to conquer power and viewers around the world. With all that entails of sacrifices in private life. After a decade of absence, here it is back on Arte in a fourth season as unexpected as it is captivating (1). At 53, the former prime minister seems freer than ever to throw herself headlong into the political fight.
Her marriage was shattered and her husband rebuilt his life. Her children have grown up, although her son Magnus, who has become a vegan activist, continues to regularly squat on his couch. Maturity does not make it easier to exercise power, especially when you are a woman. Birgitte Nyborg, who has just won the very exposed post of Minister of Foreign Affairs, must now prove that she is not “has-been” in the face of a new generation experienced in the use of social networks.
Geopolitics and intimate drama
His rivalry with a prime minister ten years his junior and the harshness of the balance of power within the party, but also with the media, are at the heart of this plunge into the mysteries of Danish democracy. Adam Price, conductor of this series he created, manages to find the right balance between deciphering the workings of political action and revealing intimate setbacks, from emotional loneliness to the pangs of menopause. .
However, he does not forget the question that was the focus of previous seasons: how to govern while remaining faithful to one’s values? The discovery of a major oil deposit in Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, places Birgitte Nyborg faced with a difficult choice. Should it support an operation that would promote the economic growth of a country undermined by unemployment or remain camped on its ecological positions? Response in a season that brilliantly combines geopolitical issues and moral dilemmas.
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