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Family Matters

Original title: Det bli'r i familien
  • 19931993
  • 1h 38m
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5.4/10
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Family Matters (1993)
Drama
Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Port... Read allJan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Portugal - in a taxi - where more surprises await him.Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his world begins to fall apart, he decides to find his birth parents. The hunt leads him to Portugal - in a taxi - where more surprises await him.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
149
YOUR RATING
    • Susanne Bier
    • Lars Kjeldgård
    • Philip Zandén
  • Stars
    • Philip Zandén
    • Ghita Nørby
    • Ernst-Hugo Järegård
    • Susanne Bier
    • Lars Kjeldgård
    • Philip Zandén
  • Stars
    • Philip Zandén
    • Ghita Nørby
    • Ernst-Hugo Järegård
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    Philip Zandén
    Philip Zandén
    • Jan
    Ghita Nørby
    Ghita Nørby
    • Jan's mother
    Ernst-Hugo Järegård
    Ernst-Hugo Järegård
    • Håkon Borelius
    • (as Ernst-Hugo)
    Ana Padrão
    Ana Padrão
    • Constanca
    Anna Wing
    • The Grandmother
    Bodil Udsen
    • Ingrid
    Filipe Ferrer
    • Frederico
    Claus Nissen
    • The Taxidriver
    Charlotte Sieling
    • Nurse
    Birgitte Simonsen
    • Elisabeth
    Ann Christine Simonsen
    • Eva
    • (as Ann Kristine Simonsen)
    Henrik Larsen
    • Bedemand
    Helene Egelund
    • Lena
    Isabel de Castro
    Isabel de Castro
    • Abbedisse
    Laurinda Ferreira
    • Hotel Receptionist
    Ali Esfahani
    • Ali
    Cecília Guimarães
    • Psychiatry patient
    Alexandre Melo
    • Psychiatrist
      • Susanne Bier
      • Lars Kjeldgård
      • Philip Zandén
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    7/10
    Bier at her prime?
    This film is about 'Family Matters' but nothing is as it seems. The narrative of the film is in many ways quite absurd - and beyond the real. The Danish title translates something like 'What stays in the Family...'- which could make you expect a classic family drama, but this is nothing of the sort, exactly because Bier is fully aware that 'family' is not what it used to be, and love is not about family alone. This is a central and reaccuring theme in Bier's films. Still, we live 'with' the (hopelessly) romantic tales of the ideal family, despite all broken hearts - of the families we live 'in'. And we can try to break out.

    To make us feel the real, and seize the day, and understand the potential of following our hearts desires, Bier so often blends absurd narratives and humour into what is otherwise the tristesse of the everyday. Like a combination of Fellini and Kaurismäki. Bordering on the Carnevalesque - but ever so tender at the same time! Still, the style follows or links to a long line of Danish 'folke-komedier'.
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      • November 19, 1993 (Denmark)
      • Denmark
      • Sweden
      • English
      • Portuguese
      • Danish
      • Swedish
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      • Det Danske Filminstitut
      • Groupo de Estudios e Realizacoes
      • Nordisk Film
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