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‘No Rest for the Wicked’ Review: A Supernatural Gay Love Story in a 19th-Century Backwater

Variety 26 July 2026 5h ago
‘No Rest for the Wicked’ Review: A Supernatural Gay Love Story in a 19th-Century Backwater
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The yearning separations of seafaring life have generated many a romantic ghost story, and while it largely takes place on terra firma, the Danish “No Rest for the Wicked” provides an honorable addition to that roster. Kaspar Kalle’s assured debut feature, drawn from an 1884 story by German author Karl Heinrich Ulrichs — a very […]
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