Lise Nørgaard

Mads Skjern arrives in the small Danish town of Korsbæk in 1929. Hans Christian Varnæs, manager of the town bank, refuses him a loan to set up a clothes shop. Instead he receives money elsewhere, and his shop is soon a success, a sign of the changing times during the following decades. (imdb)

Detailing the young life of Lise Nørgaard, the great contemporary Danish writer. Revolves around the first thirty years of the famous author's life... during which, she is neglected, ignored and overlooked until she finally rebels, and fights back, against her parents, the male-dominated society and everyone who doubts her abilities and are bewildered by the magnitude of her ambitions, as well as the very fact that she harbors any at all... simply because of her gender.