In her directing debut, Martina Haag fused two of her novels into one script, using her autobiographical lead character Petra’s teenage years in the 1980s as a tool to deepen our understanding of what Petra goes through at the age of 50, when she slowly realizes that her husband is having an affair.

A good idea, but the result is still an unremarkable film whose divorce story offers few surprises. Ella Hammarsten Liedberg is the cast’s standout as young Petra, finding her feet.

2025-Sweden. 100 min. Color. Widescreen. Directing, novels: Martina Haag. Screenplay: Peter Arrhenius, Martina Haag. Cast: Alexandra Rapaport (Petra at 50), Ella Hammarsten Liedberg (Petra at 15), Shanti Roney (Anders), Adrian Macéus, Jessica Liedberg, Henrik Norlén, Gustaf Hammarsten, Thomas Hedengran, Hanna Dorsin, Hanna Hedlund, Bathina Philipson, Christina Schollin.

Trivia: Original title: Det är något som inte stämmer. Filmed in 2023. Gustaf Hammarsten and Jessica Liedberg are Ella Hammarsten Liedberg’s real-life parents.