
Festen
- Directed by
- Thomas Vinterberg
- Starring
- Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
- Duration
- 105 min.
- Year
- 1998
Everyone has been invited to the head of the family's 60th birthday party. Family and friends gather at Helge Klingenfelt's manor house. Helge's eldest son, Christian, is asked by his father to say a few words at dinner about his twin sister, Linda, who died a year earlier. While everything is being prepared in the basement, with Kim, Christian's childhood friend and head chef, as the orchestra conductor, the master of ceremonies invites the guests to the table. No one suspects a thing when Christian stands up to make his speech and reveal some terrible secrets.