Intrigo: Dear Agnes

Intrigo: Dear Agnes
Intrigo: Dear Agnes
	Film poster
Directed by	Daniel Alfredson
Written by	Daniel Alfredson; Birgitta Bongenhielm
Produced by	Rick Dugdale; Thomas Peter Friedl; Uwe Schott
Starring	Carla Juri; Gemma Chan; Jamie Sives;
Cinematography	Paweł Edelman
Edited by	Håkan Karlsson
Music by	Anders Niska; Klas Wahl
Production; companies	Enderby Entertainment; The Amazing Film Company; Umedia; Seine Pictures
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (Germany); Lionsgate (United States
Release date	October 10, 2019;
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Germany; Sweden; United States
Language	English

Intrigo: Dear Agnes is a 2019 German-Swedish-American mystery crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Carla Juri, Gemma Chan and Jamie Sives.^[1]^[2] It is the sequel of the 2018 film Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018).^[3]

summary

Agnes and Henny, a college literature professor and once aspiring actress respectively, were once the closest of friends, they practically inseparable for a year in their young adulthood, until they had a falling out. They have not seen each other in over ten years, not knowing the intimate details of the other's present life, until they see each other from afar at the funeral of Agnes' husband, Erich Neuman-Hansen, who passed after suffering from leukemia. Henny's presence at the funeral is not by chance as she is seemingly aware of Agnes' predicament following Erich's passing. He has left half his estate to her, and half to his young adult stepchildren, Thomas and Carla, that estate including her and Erich's house, long having been in the Neuman-Hansen family, whereas Agnes thought the house would be placed in trust under her name. Thomas, never having trusted Agnes, has convinced Carla to take their half share now, meaning that they as a collective will have to sell the property as Agnes does not have the funds to buy out her stepchildren. Agnes is to kill Henny's self-absorbed husband, Peter Grossman, a theater producer, while Henny, in return, would provide Agnes with the necessary funds, no matter the amount, for her to buy Thomas and Carla's half to allow her to stay in the house. Despite the reasons beyond no longer loving Peter in wanting him dead, Henny has been unable to pull the proverbial trigger herself. The primary question then becomes if there are underlying motivations for Henny asking Agnes to kill Peter or Agnes' decision on the matter that may relate to the reason for their falling out over ten years ago where Henny stole Agnes part in the theater production.