Festen

In honour of the head of the family, a big party is held at the country castle: Helge Klingenfeldt is 60 years old. Friends are invited, relatives come - and of course his wonderful wife Elsa and three grown-up children are there. No one will forget this celebration, not least because of the unexpected surprises. The uninvited son Michael suddenly turns up with a big hello. Christian, the Klingenfelts' eldest son, gives a merciless speech at the table in which he reveals why his twin sister drowned herself in the bathtub a year earlier. His father had sexually abused him and her. (Festival information)