Festen
An abrasive, darkly-comic journey into a family’s forbidden territory.
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Chaos ensues at a wealthy patriarch’s 60th birthday bash, when the eldest son uses his speech to pull family skeletons out of the closet in this black-comedy-cum-melodrama made under ‘Dogme’ rules.
An agreeably abrasive black-comedy-cum-melodrama made under the 'Dogme' rules, with chaos mounting at a wealthy patriarch's 60th birthday bash after the eldest son uses his speech to tell 'jokes' about dad's abuse of his kids. Embarrassment yields to recrimination, with Vinterberg's fluid camerawork eagerly entering into the increasingly hysterical conflict.
- Directed by:
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast:
- Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Paprika Steen
- Country:
- Denmark
- Year:
- 1998
- Running time:
- 105min
- Certificate:
- 15