72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Dogme # 1 - Festen / The Celebration

Denmark
Synopsis
A big party being thrown at Helge Klingenfeldt?s mansion for his 60th birthday has brought family and friends together around the patriarch and his loyal wife, Else. Helge asks his eldest son Christian to make a speech in remembrance of his twin sister Linda, who died a year ago. To everyone?s surprise, Christian accuses his father of having sexually abused both himself and his sister, giving the festivities an unexpected twist.
Director
Screenplay
Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov
Photography
Anthony Dod Mantle
Edition
Valdis Oskarsdóttir
Music
Lars Bo Jensen
Cast
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann
Running Time
106 m.
Country
Denmark
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