| Description |
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, full screen (1.33:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Danish dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. |
| Cast |
Ulrich Thomsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen. |
| Summary |
On a wealthy man's 60th birthday, a huge group of family and friends convenes at his country estate for a celebration that soon spirals into bedlam, as bombshell revelations threaten to tear away the veneer of bourgeois respectability and expose their traumas. The handheld camera work, grainy natural lighting, cacophonous diegetic sound, and raw performance style that would become Dogme hallmarks enhance the shattering visceral impact of this caustic indictment of patriarchal failings, which swings between blackest comedy and bleakest tragedy as it turns the sick soul of a family inside out. |
| Subject |
Families -- Denmark -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Birthday parties -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Family secrets -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Danish language materials.
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Foreign films, Danish.
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Dark comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Vinterberg, Thomas, 1969- film director.
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Thomsen, Ulrich, actor.
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Larsen, Thomas Bo, 1963- actor.
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Steen, Paprika, 1964- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Festen |
| ISBN |
9781681439044 |
| Standard No. |
715515267311 |
| Music No. |
CC3322BD The Criterion Collection |
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