Festen
1998

Festen

Festen (Original Title)

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...

1998年5月1日

It's not special turning 60. It all seems like yesterday...the moment we closed the negotiations and bought the landed estates.

It was much more dangerous when dad took a bath. He took a bath quite often. First he called for Linda and me to come because something happened before bathing. He closed the door and the curtains. Then he undressed and we had to undress too. He put us on the green couch...and raped us. He used us sexually. When my sister passed away a couple of months ago... I thought: Isn't Helge a proper girl, with all the bathing..That's what I wanted to share with you. He bathed in the summer, winter, in the morning, in the evening...He's very clean. That's what I wanted to tell you.

I'll leave. I should've done it much earlier. I know I will fill your life with darkness, Christian. I don't want you to feel sad. I think it's light and beautiful on the other side. 

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