Front cover image for Festen = The celebration

Festen = The celebration

Thomas Vinterberg (Screenwriter, Film director), Birgitte Hald (Film producer), Mogens Rukov (Screenwriter), Ulrich Thomsen (Actor), Henning Moritzen (Actor), Thomas Bo Larsen (Actor), Paprika Steen (Actor), Birthe Neumann (Actor), Trine Dyrholm (Actor), Helle Dolleris (Actor), Therese Glahn (Actor), Klaus Bondam (Actor), Bjarne Henriksen (Actor), Gbatokai Dakinah (Actor), Lasse Lunderskov (Actor), Lars Brygmann (Actor), Lene Laub Oksen (Actor), Linda Laursen (Actor), John Boas (Actor), Erna Boas (Actor), Anthony Dod Mantle, Valdís Óskarsdóttir (Editor of moving image work), Lars Bo Jensen, Universal Pictures (Firm) (Production company), October Films (Production company), Nimbus Films (Production company), DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark) (Production company), Nordisk Film & TV Fond (Production company), Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
The family and friends of prominent Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt gather at his country estate to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Two months prior to this event, Helge's daughter committed suicide. Her twin brother, Christian, makes a birthday toast that brings a barrage of family secrets out into the open

DVD Video, Danish, 2004