This was a really pretty, though ultimately sad, movie. It at least came off as an original, as I am not intimately familiar with Danish history. Back in the 1700's, Europe was going through the Enlightenment. Princess Caroline Matilda of England (Alicia Vikander) is married off to King Christian VII of Denmark (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) around this time. She arrives to find a divided court, with the king more interested in acting than in ruling. She quickly grows to hate being married to him. A newly appointed court physician (Mads Mikkelsen) is brought in to help with the king's "madness" but figures out that what Christian really needs is a friend. The new Queen starts to notice the beneficial changes in her husband, then starts to notice the new physician. Hence the title.
Of course, this is not welcomed by many in court, especially not by the king's stepmother (Trine Dyrholm) who wants to have Christian overthrown and her own son, his half-brother, as the figurehead.
It's a really pretty, well-done movie and it made me like Mads Mikkelsen more, although it was really weird to see him play the leading man instead of the villain.
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