| Director: | Thomas Vinterberg |
|---|---|
| Production: | Zentropa Entertainments (Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing), StudioCanal (Ron Halpern, Anna Marsh), CANAL+ (Olivier Bibas, Morgane Perrolier, Louise Gigon), TV 2 Denmark (Jennifer Green, Katrine Vogelsang) |
| Running Time: | 195’ (ep. 1-4) + 150’ (ep. 5-7) |
| Language: | Danish |
| Country: | Denmark, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Norway, Germany |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Main Cast: | Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, David Dencik, Thomas Bo Larsen, Asta Kamma August |
| Screenplay: | Thomas Vinterberg, Bo Hr. Hansen |
| Cinematographer: | Sturla Brandth Grøvlen |
| Editor: | Anne Østerud, Janus Billeskov Jansen |
| Production Designer: | Sabine Hviid |
| Costume Designer: | Manon Rasmussen |
| Music: | Valentin Hadjadj |
| Sound: | Hans Møller, Peter Storm Wich |
| Visual Effects: | Esben Syberg |
Cinema
Familier som vores (Families like ours) (Ep. 1-7)
Out of Competition
synopsis
Countries disappear, love remains. Denmark, in a not-too-distant future. The rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything changes. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes shift, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries, while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated. Some will be overcome by hatred and division, while others will nurture love and foster new beginnings. Against this backdrop, we meet Laura, a high school student in love for the first time and on the cusp of graduation. When news of the evacuation breaks, the course of Laura and her family’s lives is changed forever, and Laura is forced into the impossible dilemma of choosing between the three people she loves the most.
director's statement
Families Like Ours imagines a situation where we, as citizens of a civilised and wealthy part of the world, are forced to leave our country, our friends, relatives, and everything we hold dear. A situation where our financial and cultural bonds, and all we thought was normal, cease to exist. This scenario prompts an existential examination of human life, particularly for those who have not personally experienced being refugees since the Second World War. Families Like Ours is, in all modesty, intended to be an epic family saga inspired by the great European stories of emigration, with an echo of the melancholy songs and tales from yesteryear, when parts of Europe emigrated to America. At worst, a look into the future. At best, it is an expression of our shared fears and reflections of what we all want to hold on to.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Sisse Graum Jørgensen & Kasper Dissing - Zentropa Entertainments
Filmbyen 22
2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Tel. +45 36868788
sisse.graum@filmbyen.dk
kasper.dissing@filmbyen.dk
PRODUCTION 2: Ron Halpern - STUDIOCANAL
50, Rue Camille Desmoulins
92130, Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Tel. 33 624646148
ronald.halpern@studiocanal.com
PRODUCTION 3: Olivier Bibas - CANAL
50, Rue Camille Desmoulins
92130, Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Tel. 33 608378073
olivier.bibas@canal-plus.com
PRODUCTION 4: Mette Nelund - TV 2 Denmark
Teglholm Allé 16
2450, København SV, Denmark
Tel. +45 39757575
nawa@tv2.dk mnee@tv2.dk
WORLD SALES: Chloe Marquet – STUDIOCANAL
50, Rue Camille Desmoulins
92130, Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
Tel. 33 0171350893
chloe.marquet@studiocanal.com
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