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Venice Film Festival · 2024

Venice Film Festival 2024

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Families Like Ours (Familier Som Vores)

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There is a careful balance here between the big drama of the premise and the personal dramas experienced by the characters, most of whom pay no particular heed to the wider tragedy unfolding.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When it becomes impossible to keep repairing the sea barriers in low-lying Denmark, the country is evacuated and once affluent Danes become refugees, with families torn apart in the process.

(Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Thomas Vinterberg; Writer: Bo Hr Hansen, Thomas Vinterberg; Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Asta Kamma August, Thomas Bo Larsen, Esben Smed, Paprika Steen, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Magnus Millang, Mads Hjulmand, Kenneth Wright, Philipp Droste, Alexander Behrang Keshtkar, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Amaryllis April August, Alex Dower)