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Synopsis
The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.
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The Dogme films, especially Thomas Vinterberg's The Celebration (Festen), are something I look back on. Lars von Trier's The Idiots as well. They were influential.
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family secrets · childhood trauma · abuse disclosure · denial and complicity · social hypocrisy
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