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- BFI identifier503574
- Date1998 (Copyright)
- Production countryDenmark
- Production company
- SynopsisA family party to celebrate the 60th birthday of a prosperous country hotelier slowly disintegrates as the emotional damage suffered by his now grown-up children becomes increasingly evident. (Synopsis) A family converge together to celebrate the 60th birthday of patriarch Helge. Helge's now grown-up children all attend but as the party progresses the emotional damage they have suffered becomes more apparent. Then Helge's son Christian finally accuses his father. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThomas Vinterberg receives no onscreen 'director' credit. A Dogme film.
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits[Director]: Thomas Vinterberg
Produced by: Nimbus Film ApS
In Collaboration with: DR - Danmarks Radio
view all - CastUlrich Thomsen (Christian Klingenfeldt)
Henning Moritzen (Helge Klingenfeldt, father)
Thomas Bo Larsen (Michael Klingenfeldt)
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Title
Festen (Original)
Dogme 1 Festen (Alternative)
The Celebration (Alternative)
Fête de famille (Alternative)
Dogma 1 (Help search)
Dogme 1 (Help search)
Dogma 95 (Help search)
Dogme 95 (Help search)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Scripts / Documents
- StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-eer
Photograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-n4h
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-xeq
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-rwc
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-n4t
view all - ArticlesEmpire n164 February 2003 - DVD ReviewSight and Sound v9 n12 December 1999 - Video ReviewFilm Review April 1999 - Review24 Images n93/94 Autumn 1998 - Credits, ReviewTélérama n2522 13 May 1998 - Articleview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes July 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- Festen
Work - 503574 - 1998 (Copyright)
Denmark - Film - Fiction
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