What if men had to worry about their looks AND dinner? This 70s Danish gem flips the script.
A middle aged married woman suffers from depression. Her husband suggests she get a dog, but instead she gets a job. Treatment of the women workers leads her into a hilarious fantasy in which roles are reversed and bearded men sit behind typewriters worrying about their looks and what to buy for dinner. She gets involved in a strike and loses her job, but has found some friends and a more positive attitude to life.
Writing
Three female directors roasting the patriarchy with surgical precision.
Acting
Tove Maës carries every weary woman's secret fantasy.
Production
That fantasy sequence with bearded men at typewriters — *chef's kiss*.
Director
Elisabeth Rygaard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Denmark's Redstocking feminist movement, this was radical workplace satire from three women directors when that was practically illegal.
The film was shelved for years and barely screened — Danish critics in 1975 apparently weren't ready for men worrying about dinner.
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