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Originally Posted by mehro
Festen (The Celebration)
Plot: A lodge owner's 60th birthday celebrations go horribly wrong when eldest son makes his toast.
I really enjoyed this movie. It had the hand held camera thing going which pissed me off a couple of times but was fine otherwise. Excellent acting from Ulrich Thomsen, whoever he is. Overall a pretty good, entertaining movie.
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This is Festen! This is a dogme (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95) film, which is partly responsible for the handheld camera. It's incredibly acted and ridiculously intense when it gets going. The dogme collective was set up by a group of Danish directers lead by Lars Von Trier, it's all about pure filmaking and no cheap tricks. There are some other great films as part of this collective, though Festen is the best.
I am very surprised this has turned up on here
