Movie · Drama · Comedy

A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.

1998 · 1h 45m

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A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.

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Average 8.3
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Studio
Nimbus Film
Released
1998
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
11
Content Advisories
Criminal Activity, Nudity, Violence, Graphic Violence, Religiously Sensitive, Language, Drugs or Drug Use, Sexual Content, Sexual Violence, Smoking or Tobacco Use
Regions of Origin
Denmark, Sweden, France
© 1998 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
Danish, Danish (Denmark), German, English
Audio

Danish (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), German , Dutch , French (France) , Italian , Portuguese , Spanish , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.