Borgen

Forty-year-old politician Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) secures a landslide victory for her party, “The Moderates,” through her idealism and enormous dedication. After exhausting coalition negotiations, Prime Minister Nyborg and her young image and political advisor Kasper Juul (Pilou Asbæk) now face the biggest challenge of their lives: How can they make the most effective use of their newly won seats, and how far are they willing to go to gain as much influence as possible? And all this without destroying Brigitte's fragile home life with two children and a husband who has put his career on hold? Intrigue, political power games, the influence of the press, but also the impact on private life are all dealt with in this Danish political series, which is often described as “the better HOUSE OF CARDS.” Excellently composed and with an impressively developed, strong female lead character, “Borgen” has won several European film awards. Three days before an election, party leader Birgitte Nyborg shakes up her campaign by denouncing her closest ally, sensitive information about the prime minister's shopping expenses lands in the wrong hands, and the rising star of the evening news is shaken by an unexpected death.