Festen
Thomas Vinterberg
A man is celebrating his 60th birthday at his mansion with family and friends. His wife and three children are present. He asks his oldest son Christian to say a few words at dinner about Linda, his twin sister who died the previous year. But when he speaks, Christian ends up revealing terrible secrets...
With : Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm, Helle Dolleris, Therese Glahn, Klaus Bondam, Ulrich Thomsen
Screenplay : Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov
Editing : Valdis Oskarsdottir
Sound : Morten Holm
Music : Lars Bo Jensen
Image : Anthony Dod Mantle
Screenplay : Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov
Editing : Valdis Oskarsdottir
Sound : Morten Holm
Music : Lars Bo Jensen
Image : Anthony Dod Mantle
Production : Nimbus films, Danemark Radio, SVT Drama
Distribution: Les films du Losange
Distribution: Les films du Losange
Thomas Vinterberg shot the celebration, his second film, in a dogma95 style, the manifesto devised by Lars von Trier in 1995. Its rules include the use of a hand-held camera, no props or sets, no artificial lights, no scenes shot out of sequence. The celebration chronicles the disintrgration of a family with raw realism. Its radically modern tone shocked audiences. Thomas Vinterberg spoke of tackling " the claustrophobic, stilfling aspect of families. " " The traditional family structure truly intrigues me because it was unheard of where I grew up. A family survives, forever united. It's the only institution in life we don't choose, and cannot destroy. It's fascinating. "