A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.
Acting
Trine Dyrholm's silent devastation — the year's most underrated performance.
Direction
Vinterberg's handheld intimacy makes you a fly on their very awkward wall.
Production
That house is practically a character with its own abandonment issues.
Director
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen
Erik
Trine Dyrholm
Anna
Helene Reingaard Neumann
Emma
Lars Ranthe
Ole
Julie Agnete Vang
Mona
Fares Fares
Allon
Magnus Millang
Steffen
Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen
Freja
Anne Gry Henningsen
Ditte
Rasmus Lind Rubin
Peter
Jakob Højlev Jørgensen
The lawyer
Mads Reuther
Jesper
Jytte Kvinesdal
Kirsten, DR employee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vinterberg based this on his own childhood in a 1970s Copenhagen commune — his parents really did this.
Denmark's Kollektivhus movement inspired this; the film asks whether Nordic idealism curdled into narcissism.
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