Cinematic background from The Celebration 1998 - A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.

The Celebration

1998

Drama

Directors:
Thomas Vinterberg
Writers:
Mogens Rukov, Thomas Vinterberg
Official poster of The Celebration 1998 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit and tie standing next to a staircase; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older woman standing in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man's face with a blurry background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A group of people standing around a restaurant kitchen; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – Two men in tuxedos sitting at a dinner table; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and bow tie in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man wearing a suit and tie looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit and tie standing next to a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and holding his hand to his face; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and tie looking at a younger man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man is looking out the window of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit talking to another man in front of a brick building; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older woman is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and a bow tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man walking down the side of a road with a suitcase; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person talking on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A group of people sitting around a long dinner table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit and tie standing next to another man in a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man and a woman are sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a suit and tie standing next to two other men; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A young woman in a bath tub covered in water; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a hat and smiling; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A person drinking a cup of coffee; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a white shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out of the window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – An older man wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Celebration” (1998), directed by Thomas Vinterberg – A man in a tuxedo holding up a piece of paper in front of his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle