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US$1.3 million. The Celebration ( Danish: Festen) is a 1998 Danish black comedy - drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and produced by Nimbus Film. It tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their patriarch's 60th birthday, during which a family secret is revealed. Vinterberg's inspiration for the film, which he wrote with Mogens ...
Jun 19, 1998 · The Celebration: Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. With Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen. At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
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- Drama
- Thomas Vinterberg
- 1998-06-19
Sep 29, 2009 · Watch the official trailer of The Celebration, a gripping drama by Thomas Vinterberg, with English subtitles. A family secret is revealed at a birthday party.
- 2 min
- 489.8K
- Nimbus Film
The Danish Dogme 95 movement that struck world cinema like a thunderbolt began with The Celebration, Thomas Vinterberg’s international breakthrough, a lacerating chamber drama that uses the economic and aesthetic freedoms of digital video to achieve annihilating emotional intensity. On a wealthy man’s sixtieth birthday, a sprawling group of family and friends convenes at his country estate ...
- Christian
Nov 13, 1998 · The Celebration. Thomas Vinterberg's "The Celebration" mixes farce and tragedy so completely that it challenges us to respond at all. There are moments when a small, choked laugh begins in the audience and is then instantly stifled, as we realize a scene is not intended to be funny.
The Celebration. R Released May 2, 1998 1h 45m Comedy Drama. List. 91% Tomatometer 47 Reviews. 94% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. A dark secret mars a Dane's (Henning Moritzen) 60th birthday ...
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- Comedy, Drama
- R
During the toasts at the dinner, Christian drops a bombshell. — grantss. A darkly comic journey into forbidden family territory. No one can ignore a person like Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt, so his 60th birthday requires a celebration. Friends and relatives scurry to the country estate.