Three Danish boys, three decades of bad hair and worse decisions. Your family's weird too, admit it.
Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestAcross three decades – the 1970s to the turn of the millennium – the lives of three boys – Lars Rolsted, Jon Olufsen, and Martin Lund Jensen – are explored, teeming with grandparents, Marxists, expatriate Danes, stolen kisses, rockers, pushers and welfare clients, yuppies and small, polite suburban punks.
Writing
Hella Joof's razor-sharp class observations
Production
Painfully accurate period detail across three eras
Creator
Hella Joof
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hella Joof adapted her own semi-autobiographical novel, making this essentially Danish therapy on screen.
The title refers to family photo albums as curated lies—every character performs their assigned role until the film stock literally changes.
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