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Anders Berthelsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Emil Tarding

You can't lie your way out of the past. That's the basic philosophy behind Soren Kragh-Jacobsen's new film. Kresten lives in Copenhagen yuppie circles with the prospect of a glittering career until he...( read more  read more... ) receives a phone call on his wedding night. From the depths of the country he hears that his father has died. He has trouble explaining the situation, as he has told everyone, including his wife Claire, that he had no living relatives. He returns to his father's dilapidated run-down farm and comes across his elder brother, Rud, a lonely seedy simpleton quite unable to fend for himself. Kresten is embarrassed by the prospect of having his poverty-stricken redneck past unveiled, and keeps his wife at bay with one lie after another. But the feelings that well up in him on his reunion with Rud inspire a desperate plan: To enable his return to his gilded city existence he advertises for a housekeeper to look after his brother. But when beautiful Liva (Iben Hjejle) arrives, everything is turned upside down. Because Liva isn't who she pretends she is either. With a highly suspicious on her way to the farm, a nutty brother in the back garden, old enemies in the farmyard, and a lovely lady in the bedroom, Kresten's problems begin for real....

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Anders W. Berthelsen, Emil Tarding, Iben Hjejle, Jesper Asholt, Sofie Gråbøl, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen

Release Date: February 25, 2000

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DVD Release Date: August 22, 2000

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  • Liesebieke
    November 30, 2009
    Liesebieke
    Seen this movie tons of times since it has been in my movie collection for several years. Today I watched it for the first time with Danish subtitles, the movie is spoken in the Danish language.
    It is the most wonderful love story you can imagine. The performance of Jesper A...( read more)sholt who played the elder mentally disabled brother Rud is just beyond brilliance. His character is funny, soft, sweet and serious at the same time. He received two awards for this role, totally deserved.
    The story itself is a very beautiful one. It never goes down to the Hollywood level of romantic comedies. Why not? Because this is a Danish movie made according to the Dogme certificate, which was signed by a bunch of skilled Danish directors. The director of this masterpiece is Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.
    As you can see is the first Dogme movie Festen on number 4 of my all time favourite movies. This one is definitely into the top 10.
  • threefolddado
    January 12, 2009
    threefolddado
    Recommended by Brian.
  • frecissimo19
    February 2, 2007
    frecissimo19
    Woauuuuuuuuuuuuuu wonna see it ...........

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