Where to Watch The Celebration (1998) in the US

What it's about

When a father turns 60, his large family gathers at a castle to celebrate him. Everybody likes and respects him deeply--or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to his father's expectations; he runs a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France; the sister is an anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. At the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father, who looks nervous: he knows that his oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why his sister killed herself.

Cast and crew

Director

Thomas Vinterberg

Writer

Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov

Starring

Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen

Details

Release date

Jun 19, 1998

Language

Danish, German, English

Country

Denmark, Sweden

Box office

$1,656,223

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award28 wins & 23 nominations total

Where to Watch The Celebration (1998) in the US — common questions

Where to watch The Celebration in the United States?

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