Trust

My fascination with the phenomenon of Romeo agents comes from a belief that in every relationship there is a moment of doubt. Can I trust my lover with who I really am? Can I show my feelings, my weaknesses, my passions and obsessions and still be loved? When I heard about a Swedish woman who for many years successfully worked as a Romeo agent, I could not help but thinking “what if she fell in love with the person she was supposed to seduce?” What happens when you fall in love with your opponent? It is this conflict the film is exploring. Trust is a spy story that revolves around somebody who could have been your mother, your sister, your friend or your lover. It is a realistic story about relationships and personal growth, with a powerful political backdrop: the illegal arms-trading deals taking place between neutral Sweden and countries at war in the 1980s. The story uses thriller elements, but the acting and the camera work should have a realistic, documentary nerve and the zoom and telephoto lens should create a feeling of watching and being watched. I want to take you beyond the genre of the spy movie and into the moral dilemmas of real people.