The movie premiered at the Vika Cinema, Oslo on 8 September 2016 to open the Ibsen International Festivalen.

[6] A press launch at the Henrik Ibsen Museum on 9 September 2016. the event was sponsored by H+M and Radisson Blu.

The film had its UK premiere at the university, followed by talks from the cast, costume designer and director.

[9] Hedda, the beautiful daughter of the late General Gabler, returns from her honeymoon with scholar husband Jorgen to confront the boredom and banality of married life.

Although she has little more than amused contempt for her husband, she is pregnant by him and is revolted by the thought of carrying his child and the changes that motherhood will impose upon her future.