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the celebration
"Summertime - and the living is easy"
........ Rich family patriach Helge
Klingelfeldt is particularly anxious that thier three grown children
Christian, Michael and Helene, support the party's festive mood by making a
display of happy unity of the clan. Even downstairs staff is expected to
somehow join in the general ambidience.
Dusk Falls, and the master of ceremonies
introduces himself and announces that dinner is served. Helge is met by
spontaneous outbursts of applause and song. The Guests are in a merry mood,
indeed. While everyone's being seated, the kitchen staff add their finishing
touches to the evening's festive meal. Fish steam, venison broil. The
banquet begins.
When Christian
eventually clears his throat and calls for silence only he knows what is to
come. A speech to shock, a speech to shatter. The most heart-breaking night
in living memory is about to descend on the unsuspecting Klingenfeldts.
However, irrespective skeletons being mercilessly ripped out of the family
closet stiff upper lips prevail and in a highly macabre way the party just
keeps going on.
Length:
106 minutes
Format: 35 mm color
Screen ratio: Academy 1:1.37
Sound: Dolby Stereo
Dialogue: Danish and English
Year of production: 1998
PRODUCED BY:
Nimbus Film ApS in collaboration with DRTV & SVT DRAMA with support from the
Nordisk Film & TV-Fond.
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
NIMBUS FILM ApS
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