Festen

I watched this at four a.m. the night before a massive final--which may have escalated my reaction from mild attachment to deep emotional bereavement, but I doubt it. This film was delightfully horrible to watch. The emotional bombshell was a shock, but not as shocking as the family's response--which was to generally ignore the comment ad continue the party as if life were normal and not laden with dark life-ruining secrets. The experience was aching, painful, disgusting, vengeful, liberating...and unfortunately all too real.

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