A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.
Rated R | Length 105 minutes
Lasse Lunderskov | Thomas Vinterberg | Ulrich Thomsen | Henning Moritzen | Thomas Bo Larsen | Paprika Steen | Birthe Neumann | Trine Dyrholm | Helle Dolleris | Therese Glahn | Klaus Bondam | Bjarne Henriksen | Gbatokai Dakinah | Lars Brygmann | Lene Laub Oksen | Linda Laursen | John Boas | Erna Boas | Kaj Rasmussen | Robert Strandgård | Gry Worre Hallberg | Birgitte Simonsen | Bent Kaiser | Peter Krag | Søren Sögreni | Sigrid Aalbæk Jensen | Mikkel Jacobsen | Bent Henningsen | Poul Kajbæk | Vibeke Dalset | Janne Thomsen | Anette Jakobsen | Poul Petersen | Gulli Sejrsen | Vibeke Kaiser | John Johnsen | Dan Eilertsen | Kate Goldschmidt | Jens Nørring | Maria Myrgård | Stig Poul Hansen | René | Christine Louise Jørgensen | Dorte Olofsen | Kasper Olofsen | Emilian Sejersen | Susanne Funck | Rosmarie Jørgensen | Lasse Jacobsen