Festen

Festen is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. The production also in English-language countries came under the title The Celebration. Festen was at the same time with the idiots (the idiots) as one of the two first Dogma 95movies presented at the Cannes film festival 1998.

Festen was nominated for both the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award, the British Independent Film Award as the César for best foreign language film. The production won 27 other prices actually, including the European Film Award for European discovery of the year (Vinterberg), the Independent Spirit Award for best foreign language film, the jury prize of the Cannes Film festival 1998, Bodil Awards for best film and best actor (Ulrich Thomsen), Robert Awards for best film, best screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, best actor (Thomsen), best supporting actor (Thomas Bo Larsen) and best supporting actress for (Birthe Neumann) and the audience award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 1999.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The seemingly fully successful Helge celebrates its 60th anniversary in the family hotel. His wife Else, sons Michaeland Christian, daughter Helene and numerous friends and intimates gather in the property for a large, cosy party. The only major absentee is daughter Linda, who recently committed suicide. During the dinner takes Christian the word for a speech. In it he proclaims in front of everyone that his father Linda and him used to be sexually abused. It turns out the first of a series of events in which several attendees show their true faces. ==Actors[ Edit] == ==Trivia[ Edit] ==
 * 2 Actors
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 external link
 * Ulrich Thomsen -Christian Klingenfeldt
 * Henning Moritzen -Helge Klingenfeldt
 * Thomas Bo Larsen -Michael Klingenfeldt
 * Paprika Steen -Helene Klingenfeldt
 * Birthe Neumann -Else
 * Trine Dyrholm -Pia
 * Helle Dolleris -Mette
 * Therese Glahn -Michelle
 * Klaus Bondam -Helmut
 * Bjarne Henriksen -Cook
 * Director Thomas Vinterberg also plays a small supporting role as a taxi driver.
 * On the dvd of Festen allows, inter alia, a 20 minute alternate version of the end of the movie.
 * A stage version of Festen is in the season 2002-2003 in Netherlands played by the team (2002).
 * The outdoor game played in 2010 in a private operation Jorwerd of Festen under the title it Party.
 * In Australia there appeared a musical version of Festen, including Jason Donovan.