Festen (1998)

Every family has a secret.

Thursday, June 5th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The Youngest Son is trying to live up to The Father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a lawyer. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without arguments. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.



Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Written by Thomas Vinterberg
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark / Sweden
Language: Danish / German / English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Ulrich Thomsen	...	Christian Klingenfeldt
	Henning Moritzen	...	Faderen / Father Helge Klingenfeldt-Hansen
	Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Michael
	Paprika Steen	...	Helene
	Birthe Neumann	...	Moderen / Mother
	Trine Dyrholm	...	Pia
	Helle Dolleris	...	Mette
	Therese Glahn	...	Michelle
	Klaus Bondam	...	Toastmasteren / Master of Ceremony Helmut
	Bjarne Henriksen	...	Kokken / Cook
	Gbatokai Dakinah	...	Gbatokai
	Lasse Lunderskov	...	Onklen / Uncle
	Lars Brygmann	...	Receptionisten / Receptionist
	Lene Laub Oksen	...	Søsteren / Sister
	Linda Laursen	...	Birthe

Movie Trailer (no subtitles, sorry !)


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/