Produced by Nimbus Film, The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film by director Thomas Vinterberg, the first to be created under Dogme 95 rules. He was inspired to write it with Mogens Rukov, based on a hoax broadcast by a Danish radio station. Its original Danish title is Festen, and it was released under this title in the UK. The film tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their father's 60th birthday. At the dinner, the eldest son publicly accuses his father of sexually abusing both him and his twin sister (who had recently committed suicide).
Respected family patriarch and businessman Helge (Henning Moritzen) is celebrating his 60th birthday at the family-run hotel. Gathered together are his wife Else (Birthe Neumann), his daughter Helene (Paprika Steen), his sons Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen) and Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), and other guests. Christian's twin sister, Linda, recently committed suicide at the hotel.
Before the celebration dinner, Helene finds Linda's suicide note, but hides it after becoming upset by the contents.
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