Birthe Neumann, Helle Dolleris, Henning Moritzen
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
Stats: 1,018 reviews
A fantastic film, marking the beginning of the Dogme 95 movement. Shame it broke so many of the rules! I'm a big fan of Dogme but for my money only one film can actually truly call itself pure Dogme and that is The Idiots. Vinterberg will always be in Von Triers shadows though I ...( read more)
Intense beyond human grasp - bellowing, plummeting, ripping you apart. One of my favorite Vinterberg films. Ulrich Tomsen is just astonishing. An awe-inspiring film where every element is just ludicrously odd and meticulously observed. When they say "cinema" this movie is what th...( read more)
This is my first Dogme 95 film that I've seen. To eb honest I hadn't heard an awful lot about the movement before the conversation in my film class. I did enjoy it a lot.
Firstly, The movement does not follow the same lineal form that we see so often in Hollywood films. They h...( read more)
A family tragedy from DENMARK. World is full of tragedy. We have to confront of it. T. Vinterberg is disclosing one of them. What is yours ?
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This going to be a tough one. Oh my. Every now and then I look and the mirror whether the person that went to back the day before is gone and someone else got out of the bed and put on my face.
This happens especially when I am looking forward to see a movie by one of my most ...( read more)
A very well made film. Shot in the dogme style of handheld camera's helps the disturbing subject matter feel real. Could've been shorter though.
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