Anna (Ann Eleonora J?rgensen of Italian for Beginners) has just
been hired as the chaplain at a women's prison. Inexperienced, but
compassionate and energetic, she begins to feel her way amongst the
prisoners. Soon, a new prisoner, Kate (Trine Dyrholm of The
Celebration), is transferred to the prison and causes a stir.
Marion (Sonja Richter of Open Hearts), a junkie, has heard that
Kate helped another prisoner get clean and goes to her when her
fellow prisoner and dealer, Jossi (Sarah Boberg), cuts her off.
Marion kicks heroin, and believes that the introspective Kate has
healed her. When Anna gets wind of this, she goes to see Kate, but
Kate doesn't want to talk to her. She's even a bit hostile, telling
Anna to look after herself and the baby in her belly. Anna believes
herself infertile after fruitlessly trying to have a child with her
loving husband, Frank (Lars Ranthe). She's shocked to discover that
she is actually pregnant, but her joy turns to dismay when she
learns that the fetus may have a serious birth defect. Meanwhile,
Henrik (Nicolaj Kopernikus), a mild-mannered guard, finds himself
increasingly drawn to Kate, to the point of putting his job in
jeopardy, while the ruthless Jossi, losing business, feels threatened
by the strange new inmate. Writer/director Annette K. Olesen and
co-writer Kim Fupz Aakeson made In Your Hands in the Dogme style,
shooting on video at Nyborg State Prison. The film was shown at the
2004 Berlin International Film Festival and selected by the Film
Society of Lincoln Center for inclusion in New Directors/New Films.
