Directed by:
Paprika SteenScreenplay:
Jakob WeisCinematography:
Jens SchlosserComposer:
Jeppe KaasCast:
Paprika Steen, Sofie Gråbøl, Patricia Schumann, Lars Knutzon, Lars Brygmann, Karen-Lise Mynster, Jacob Lohmann, Fanny Leander Bornedal, Jakob Randrup (more)Plots(1)
As the holiday looms, educator Katrine (Paprika Steen) is inundated with requests — or threatening demands disguised as requests. She and her husband Mads (Jacob Lohmann) will be hosting his parents; her divorced parents, including her eccentric and pretentious mother, Gunna (Karen-Lise Mynster); her pompous sister, Barbara (Sofie Gråbøl), a wannabe priest; Barbara’s even more pompous husband, Torben (Lars Brygmann), a writer specializing in biographies about obscure figures; and their uncontrollable hellion of a son. Katrine’s plans are upended when she gets a call from her estranged sister, Patricia (Patricia Schumann). The once-troubled daughter everyone but Katrine has written off, Patricia unexpectedly invites herself over. Her presence unleashes the high-strung Katrine’s inner martyr and prompts everyone else to abandon what little decorum they have left. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Paprika Steen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Adam's Apples (2005)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Sofie Gråbøl
Denmark
Best movies:
The Day Will Come (2016)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Aftermath (2004)
Patricia Schumann
Denmark
Best movies:
Submarino (2010)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
That Time of Year (2018)
Lars Knutzon
Denmark
Best movies:
Pettson och Findus - Kattonauten (2000)
Pettson and Findus 3 - Pettson's Promise (2005)
Gertrud (1964)
Lars Brygmann
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Riders of Justice (2020)
Aftermath (2004)
Karen-Lise Mynster
Denmark
Best movies:
Aftermath (2004)
Italian for Beginners (2000)
Flickering Lights (2000)
Jacob Lohmann
Denmark
Best movies:
The Promised Land (2023)
Riders of Justice (2020)
Royal Affair (2012)
Fanny Leander Bornedal
Best movies:
The Purity of Vengeance (2018)
1864 - Brødre i krig (2014)
Deliver Us from Evil (2009)
Jakob Randrup
Best movies:
Itsi Bitsi (2014)
That Time of Year (2018)
Sofus Søndergaard Mikkelsen
Best movies:
That Time of Year (2018)