Movie Drama
Every family has a secret.
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.
Ulrich Thomsen Henning Moritzen Thomas Bo Larsen Paprika Steen Birthe Neumann Trine Dyrholm Helle Dolleris Therese Glahn Klaus Bondam Bjarne Henriksen Gbatokai Dakinah Lasse Lunderskov Lars Brygmann Lene Laub Oksen Linda Laursen John Boas Erna Boas Bent Henningsen Poul Kajbæk Vibeke Dalset Janne Thomsen Anette Jakobsen Poul Petersen Gulli Sejrsen Vibeke Kaiser John Johnsen Dan Eilertsen Søren Sögreni Kate Goldschmidt Jens Nørring Bent Kaiser Maria Myrgård Peter Krag Stig Poul Hansen Kaj Rasmussen Robert Strandgård Gry Worre Hallberg René Christine Louise Jørgensen Dorte Olofsen Kasper Olofsen Emilian Sejersen Susanne Funck Rosmarie Jørgensen Lasse Jacobsen Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen Mikkel Jacobsen Birgitte Simonsen Thomas Vinterberg
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