Festen 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Celebration
Dogme 1
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm, Helle Dolleris, Bjarne Henriksen, Gbatokai Dakinah, Therese Glahn
A family birthday party is the catalyst for accusations and revealed family secrets. But the party is only one chapter in this family saga. The next morning–after the worst has been brought to the table–the family meets again in the same room, at the same table, for breakfast! This is the first of a series of films made under the strict rules of the Danish Dogme 95 manifesto: purity and austerity in filmmaking–hand-held cameras and no musical score, for example.
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The Happiness Cage 1972  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Mind Snatchers
The Demon Within
Director: Bernard Girard
Cast: Christopher Walken, Joss Ackland, Ronny Cox, Ralph Meeker, Marco St. John, Susan Travers, Tom Aldredge, Bette Henritze, Birthe Neumann, Claus Nissen
U.S. Army Private Reese (Christopher Walken) is in constant trouble, so he is sent to a medical facility at a remote location. Hmmm, it appears he is part of a mind control experiment intended to take care of people like him.
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Open Hearts 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerragaard, Birthe Neumann, Niels Olsen, Ulf Pilgaard, Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen, Pelle Bang Sorensen, Philip Zanden
After her fiance, Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), is paralyzed in an accident, Cecilie (Sonja Richter) falls in love with the husband (Mads Mikkelsen) of the woman (Paprika Steen) responsible for causing Joachim's paralysis.
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Riget II 1997 TV, 286 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Kingdom II
Director: Morten Arnfred, Lars von Trier
Cast: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Peter Mygind, Holger Juul Hansen, Soren Pilmark, Ghita Norby, Jens Okking, Baard Owe, Birthe Neumann, Otto Brandenburg
Life in that Danish hospital–the Kingdom–continues to be filled with very strange events as the ghost story continues. Evil seems to lurk in every corner of this hospital, which was built on the site where ancient rituals were once practiced, and the forces of good struggle to come to the fore.
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| 1. Festen (1998)
aka: The Celebration
aka: Dogme 1
2. The Happiness Cage (1972)
aka: The Mind Snatchers
aka: The Demon Within
3. Open Hearts (2002)
4. Riget II (1997)
aka: The Kingdom II
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