The Celebration (Festen) - The Shocking Truth

CORRECTION: Thomas Vinterberg’s debut feature film was “The Biggest Heroes” from 1996. “Festen” would be his sophomore feature.
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[@BillGriff1]

Re-uploaded cause one clip was one second too long. Ya hate to see it :(

[@TheMisfitPond]

Great video dude! A true masterpiece and one of my favorite films of all time! To me, the tragic and shocking truth this film conveys in regards to sexual abuse, is that your family members and friends will do anything to maintain the angelic image of the abuser they might have. I’ve seen this happen in real life so many times where the victim is completely shunned and kicked to the curb because people would rather not have the image of their idolized figure to be tainted by something as disgusting as sexual abuse. It’s tragic that the family and friends are only convinced by the suicide note and not their siblings living words. It’s a film that’s able to represent these tragic truths about humanity but at the same time have an encouraging and hopeful attitude for the silenced victims of abuse.

[@BillGriff1]

It totally captures that feeling of resentment. I agree, it tackles those feelings very well. Each Vinterberg film I’ve seen is a near 10/10. He really knows how to tell an emotionally charged story.

[@alexanderziegler6951]

This movie is a freaking masterpiece. I also found it quite hilarious, even though it’s so serious😅

[@variousspaghetti]

Just came across your video. Excellent review. This film absolutely blew me away on my first watch. Keep up the excellent work my friend.

[@benm8501]

What a brilliant film. Thank you for reminding me to check back in on it. Insightful video.

[@Anton-vy5xq]

This video is super good man. You were really on to something and If you keep this level of analysis up, you will explode in viewership

[@jeremiparadis7823]

I had heard so much about this I finally checked it out on the criterion channel. Glad I did, although I expected Christian to go nuts and lock all the guests in the house and set it on fire. I’m still questioning why they took the keys away

[@williamkroll7928]

great video!

[@lucaseverin666]

Im from Denmark and its funny to me that people that dont understand Danish is watching movies from Denmark

[@stagedoor9291]

s u b t i t l e s

[@albertprstholm4663]

I’m Danish and love you’re videos and thanks for making this one. But Festen is not his debut film, “De største helt” (The biggest hero) is

[@BillGriff1]

I noticed that in post and added the correction in the description. Thank you for pointing that out, and thank you for enjoying the videos!

[@albertprstholm4663]

@@BillGriff1 That’s super. Would love to see more videos about DOGMA95. The movement means a lot to me, and I would say the Idiots is the best of them

[@lottebornemannpetersen8572]

@@BillGriff1 Vinterbergs debut was 'The boy who walked backwards' (Drengen der gik baglæns) from 1994. A fantastic movie about a young boy who looses his big brother in a car accident and tries to turn back time by walking backwards.