What Is ‘The Celebration’ About?
The Celebrationfollows aDanish family reunitingto celebrate Helge, the father of the family, at his successful manor hotel.
The entire party takes a dark turn, however, when Christian delivers a speech for his father.
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It instead hopes to expose something more real and lead to more creative work from the filmmakers.
This style, while possibly hindering later films that followed its principles,fitsThe Celebrationabsolutely perfectly.
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The Danish film shows the thrills and horrors of binge drinking.
Another testament to Vinterbergs creativity with this film ishis ability toincorporate dark humordespite the incredibly morbid subject matter.
Ultimately, the success ofThe Celebrationas a piece of storytelling comes from all of its components falling together perfectly.
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