Amazon.co.uk: Festen [1999]: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Thomas Vinterberg: DVD

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Festen [1999]
DVD ~ Ulrich Thomsen

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Product details

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
Directors: Thomas Vinterberg
Format: PAL
Language Danish, English, German
Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification:
Studio: Bluelight
DVD Release Date: 10 Nov 2003
Run Time: 106 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(18 customer reviews)

DVD Features:
- Main Language: Danish
- Sub Titles: English
ASIN: B0000DZRNH
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,866 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Rising to the challenge of Dogma 95's self-imposed restrictions on aesthetic freedom, Thomas Vinterberg's Festen is a remarkable example of the way limits can give rise to creative opportunity. (Dogma 95 is a vow of chastity sworn originally by a group of Danish film-makers, which also includes Lars von Trier, director of Breaking the Waves. The group's manifesto in which its members vow to eschew special lighting, optical effects, props and the visible imprint of a director's personality in order to attain higher truths yielded by characters.) Festen, shot with a small video camera and transferred to 35mm film, concerns a black-tie birthday gathering for a family patriarch, Helge (Henning Moritzen), which erodes into a battle after long-suppressed secrets are revealed and the chance to settle old scores presents itself. Among the grievances are an accusation of incest and the responsibility for the death of a child--gruesome stuff, but Vinterberg doesn't characterise the partying crowd's reaction in quite the way one might have expected. In fact, the whole of Festen is about unexpected perspectives and vantage points emerging from out of nowhere, largely due to Vinterberg's free hand at editing the film in such a way as to yank truth from every corner. This is a strong work that belies scepticism over Dogma 95's bare-bones trendiness, and is perhaps a harbinger of great work to come from Vinterberg. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Synopsis
A man celebrates his sixtieth birthday with friends, relatives, his wife and children. This is a film about love, hate, the icy charm of the bourgeoisie and the loving arms of the chambermaid. Danish dialogue.