Love & Anarchy: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Ida Engvoll stars in a Swedish romcom about workplace dares
Year: 2020-
Certificate: 15
This top Swedish comedy made waves when it first arrived on Netflix in 2020. It's the story of Sofie (Ida Engvoll), a career-focused consultant with a husband she's not particularly interested in, and children she loves but doesn't see much.
Sofie has an anarchic streak that's awoken after she begins work at a publishing house, where the louche young IT man Max (Bjorn Mosten), catches her eye - initially for all the wrong reasons. The two embark on an escalating series of workplace dares that will have far wider consequences than either of them realise, and which range between hilarious and heart-stopping to watch.
The show is worth watching if you like to be surprised, because you don't see stories like Sofie and Max's on television often, and Engvoll and Mosten have serious on-screen chemistry. The other characters - from intellectual editor Friedrich to nervous receptionist Caroline (keep an eye out for her hilarious activities at the book fair) - have their own stories over the course of the series, too, which is the mark of a good script. (Two series)
