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The Celebration|Birthe Neumann

The Celebration

Birthe Neumann and Henning Moritzen
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Overview

Thomas Vinterberg's contribution to the Dogma 95 collective is an electrifying achievement, driven by powerhouse acting and hand-held digital camera work so realistic that one might forget they're watching a feature film. Friends and family gather to pay tribute to Helge on his sixtieth birthday, but when it's time for the eldest son, Christian, to give the opening toast, the fireworks begin. At times hysterical, at times tragic and heartbreaking, this is a film that has the ability to single-handedly reaffirm one's faith in cinema. Inspiring and brilliant. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Thomas Vinterberg - Director
Birthe Neumann
Henning Moritzen
Paprika Steen
Thomas Bo Larsen
Ulrich Thomsen
Bjarne Henriksen
Gbatokai Dakinah
Helle Dolleris
Klaus Bondam
Therese Glahn

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (2 Pack)
  • Run Time: 105
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515267311
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: R
  • Release Date: January 2022

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"...[The film] eminently succeeds....Triumphantly the near-documentary it purports to be..." - 03/??/1999 Sight and Sound, p.39-40


"...Brashly brilliant..." - 10/29/1998 Rolling Stone, p.79


"...A good case for [the Dogma 95 aesthetic]..." -- Rating: A- - Recommended - 10/08/1999 Entertainment Weekly, p.77


"...Filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg seems impressively in control juggling multiple characters..." - 11/20/1998 USA Today, p.6E


"...A beautifully calibrated and carefully thought out film about a completely out-of-control situation, it is raw without being off-putting and wrenching without losing its sense of humor..." - 10/16/1998 Los Angeles Times, p.C10


4 stars out of 5 -- "Think of the worst family party you've ever been to, times it by ten, imagine it in Danish and you'll still be unprepared for Thomas Vinterberg's shocking and resonant drama, on of the best Dogme films." - 11/01/2008 Empire, p.193

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