Poul is one of the last bottom trawler fishermen in Denmark. A few years back he tragically lost everything he loved. From the ruins of his old life sprouts a whole new one. At the age of 62, Poul finds the love of his life. His name is Mai and he is from Thailand. MY LOVE is the love story of Poul and Mai – reminding us that it is never too late to change your life.
When Poul and Mai meet, their lives are transformed completely. Poul experiences a kind of love he never has had before, and Mai decides to settle down in Denmark – far away from his children, who live with his sister in Thailand.
For six years, director Iben Haahr Andersen has filmed Poul and Mai. She has captured the development of their relationship – from crazy love to the challenges of everyday life together.
With humour and wit the director has uncovered a story of courage to be oneself, and she shows a love story that transcends borders, language and nationality.
Original titel (Danish): MY LOVE – Historien om Poul og Mai
Director, script and cinematography: Iben Haahr Andersen
Dramaturg: Jens Arentzen
Producer: Lise Saxtrup
Development producer: Louise Køster
Production assistant: Luise Jørgensen
Editors: Julie Winding & Henrik Vincent Thiesen
Composer: Jacob Groth
Sound design: Peter Albrechtsen
With the support of Danish Film Institute and The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR).
BIOGRAPHY
Director Iben Haahr Andersen has a long history in the world of documentary film, first as a sound engineer, graduated from the Danish Film School, then as a director. Characteristic of her films is a close and personal relationship to the unique destinies she portrays. That closeness creates relevant narratives that have reached a wide audience in Denmark (and internationally). In a poetic way and with an eye for the whimsical, she told the story of 87-year-old Anton, who lives alone on his family farm (Life according to Anton, 2015), about the fisherman Poul, who at a late age came out as gay and married the man Mai from Thailand (My Love, 2013), the story of the 80-year-old electronic soundmaker Else Marie Pade (Sound on Life, 2006), the story of Kirsten, a former ambassador’s wife, and Fernande, a 75-year-old river barge captain, who form a special friendship on the Seine in Paris (Two Women on a River, 1996). All her movies show the diversity of life.
FILMOGRAPHY
2022 “The World is Out of Focus”
2017 “Heroines of the Pipes”
2016 “Xenia-confessions of a Truck driver”
2015 “In Light of the Revolution – about Women and Art in Cairo”
2015 “Life according to Anton”
2012 “My Love“
2009 “Hello my name is lesbian”
2006 “Sound on Life”
2001 “Kids in Action”
1996 “Two Women on a River”
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