She Monkeys

Completed2011Sweden83 min

Emma joins an equestrian acrobatics team and finds herself drawn to Cassandra, a more experienced member whose confidence makes her difficult to…Read more +Read less −

Emma joins an equestrian acrobatics team and finds herself drawn to Cassandra, a more experienced member whose confidence makes her difficult to ignore. Their connection develops through physical tests, private challenges and a shared willingness to push beyond ordinary limits. Admiration and attraction become entangled with competition, leaving Emma uncertain whether closeness offers acceptance or another way to be judged. At home, her younger sister’s demands provide a different kind of pressure, but the team increasingly occupies Emma’s attention. Lisa Aschan’s psychological drama follows an intense relationship in which control can pass through the smallest gesture, asking what it means to want someone’s approval when neither person is prepared to admit how much power that desire gives away.

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Sapphic characters & cast

Mathilda Paradeiser

as Emma

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Linda Molin

as Cassandra

Main sapphic character

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Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Premiere: 2012-07-17
Runtime: 83 minutes
Director: Lisa Aschan

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Last researched 2026-10-31. Editorially approved.

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